Our Mission

To connect families to child care, early learning programs and programs for after-school/out-of-school time; improve the quality of those programs; and collaborate with business and civic leaders to make child care safe and enriching for children.

Our Vision

All children in Missouri will have access to healthy, safe, nurturing, enriching, and respectful early childhood care and education and out-of-school time care.

Our Values

We value resource and referral programs that reflect diversity, commitment, accountability, respect and integrity. As professionals, we strive to provide high quality services to our customers, while remaining sensitive to their unique needs.  We value a child care system that provides:

• To children: healthy, safe, nurturing, enriching, and respectful environments
• To families: a support system as they both work and raise their children
• To child care programs: a professional development system that supports and promotes a respected, adequately compensated, high-quality workforce
• To the community: a resource that supports both the current workforce and the next generation of Missouri’s workers.