State Ends Pandemic Relief for Child Care Brian Schmidt, Kids Win Missouri The Department of Social Services announced on Wednesday that it was reverting to pre-pandemic support for child care. The announcement may force child care providers to stop offering services to working families receiving benefits under the Child Care Development Block Grant…
Read More by Brian Schmidt with Kids Win Missouri As of July 1, Missouri had access to more than $100 million in its annual allocation of federal Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG) funding. Additionally, through June, the state has spent $13.7-17.9 million of the $66.5 million dollars it received in CARES Act CCDBG funding, leaving $48.6-52.8…
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Missouri Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics The Missouri Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics represents over 1,100 pediatricians, pediatric residents and medical students across the state. As medical professionals across all specialties treat children and families, we emphasize the following messages to decrease the spread of COVID-19 across Missouri: #1 Practice…
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by Lauri Choate, Director of Wellness Initiatives, Child Care Aware of Missouri Vivian Collins owns a family child care programs in St. Louis County. She sees the problems of early childhood obesity each day. Children are too often more interested in playing with electronics than being outside playing with each other. And convenience foods, such…
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by Megan Whitehead, Media Coordinator, Missouri Coalition for Community Behavioral Healthcare I’ll start with the obvious: Suicide is a big issue. According to SAMHSA and the Missouri Department of Mental Health (MO DMH), it’s the tenth leading cause of death in Missouri and the U.S. More startling, it’s the second leading cause of death among…
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Casey Hanson, Kids Win Missouri’s Director of Outreach and Engagement I am no stranger to Kids Win Missouri as a member for the last 4 years, but I am very pleased to join the organization in my new role as Director of Outreach and Engagement. I’ve been in the trenches alongside many of you over…
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On Tuesday April 2nd, over 500 people gathered in Jefferson City at the capitol building in support of Child Advocacy Day. Advocates come from across the state for the annual event in order to urge legislators to support policies and programs that support and uplift children. The day started off at a kick-off rally where…
Read More Brian Schmidt, Kids Win Missouri The nation’s health care system is shifting to promote care that delivers the best health outcomes. One of the tools that health care providers are putting into action to help obtain the best health outcomes are community health workers. What are Community Health Workers? Missouri law currently has no definition…
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by Ruth Ehresman, Vision for Children at Risk I am certain that I learned more than my students did during my first year of teaching. I was a science/math/religion/music teacher in a small high school in North St. Louis. I worked hard, hoping my students would learn Chemistry and Math, would grow in self-esteem, and…
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Katie Plax, MD Medical Director of the SPOT (Supporting Positive Opportunities with Teens) For the last 7 years I have listened to the stories of teens in foster care and our kids are hurting. Like most things for children and youth in foster care their experiences often go under the radar. …
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