To keep rural healthcare workers, Missouri is helping cover their childcare costs. Missouri is expanding a program that shares childcare costs among employers, families and the state. But finding care in the first place is still a challenge.

Your voice is needed to support reliable rides to work in rural Missouri! Add your name or share a public comment ahead of the October 27 hearing.

Stockton attorney and business owner Janae Graham shared her expertise through our no-cost legal office hours and training for area entrepreneurs showinog how local professionals can strengthen small businesses by sharing their knowledge right where they live.

For Andrea, a fence is more than a backyard improvement. A New Growth Women’s Business Center microloan is moving her one step closer to a licensed childcare business and expanding childcare options in Butler, Missouri.

What if every childcare provider had an administrative team? A Missouri ECE Shared Services Planning Project is underway to explore just that.

Less than a year after west central Missouri communities completed a regional Child Care Action Plan, two major pieces of the plan are moving from ideas to implementation: Helping working families afford child care and helping child care businesses start and succeed.

Fall Driver Meetings bring New Growth Transit volunteer drivers together to stay connected, informed, and safe while welcoming community members interested in becoming drivers or supporting rural transportation.

For years, Linda Kincaid was the person her sister counted on for rides to the doctor. Now, as a New Growth Transit volunteer driver, she’s there for others who have no one else to call.

This guide and recorded panel discussion examines several financing and development approaches Missouri communities can use to expand child care capacity and strengthen workforce participation.

Find help for child care providers and families using TOOTRiS to participate in Missouri’s Child Care Works program, from getting started to receiving benefits and payments.

Looking for a speaker with real-world experience in rural development? New Growth staff are available for conferences, workshops, panels, webinars, and community events.

Know someone helping strengthen the connections between farms, food, and community? Nominate them to be recognized as the 2027 Farm to Fork Champion.