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By focusing on both immediate wins and long-term strategic planning, our allies in Missouri are making powerful progress for the kids in their state.
State Allies:
Expand access to voluntary, effective home visiting programs and services for families from prenatal to age five
Support the early childhood workforce: implement strategies to improve salaries, benefits, and working conditions for early childhood and after school educators; support compensation parity across early learning programs (birth-2nd grade); and establish a coordinated professional development system to reflect the principles and indicators of NAEYC’s Blueprint for State and Early Childhood Professional Development Systems
Increase safety, quality, and coordination of early childhood programs
The Alliance for Early Success is achieving large-scale, long-lasting change for the state’s young children by providing our allies with powerful advantages that help them shape Missouri early childhood state policy.
From 2012-2016, Missouri was the only state in the country to ban quality rating systems for early childhood providers. Alliance partner Kids Win Missouri catalogs the two years of progress since the state legislature lifted the ban — and how the state is finally righting the course in early childhood policy.
