Missouri Assets and Opportunites

Solving Missouri's Child Care Puzzle Webinar Series - Missing Piece: Central Office Support

Hosted online by by New Growth Women’s Business Center and University of Missouri Extension. If not able to attend all, recordings will also be available to those who register.

Webinar 3 - Missouri Assets and Opportunities

Missouri is struggling with a chronic crisis in child care. Many more providers went out of business in 2024. This webinar will review the many assets and opportunities the state has in place that it could further align and advance to benefit child care providers with the central office support of shared services

Speakers -

· Brian Schmidt, Executive Director, Kids Win Missouri

‍Brian is responsible for executing Kids Win Missouri’s strategic plan and overseeing the organization’s development. He started his career in public policy as the Executive Director of the Missouri General Assembly’s Joint Committee on Tax Policy where he assisted legislators in analyzing and crafting tax and economic development policies

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· Invited: Representative from Child Care Aware of Missouri

Child Care Aware of Missouri works statewide to build the early childhood education field in Missouri through training, coaching, business support, and policy work. It operates the shared services resources platform Show Me Child Care Resources and Child Care Keeps Missouri Working, an initiative to connect families, providers, and employers.  

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· Megan Irwin, Consultant, Opportunities Exchange, (OppEx)

Megan Irwin helps organizations and early childhood education providers build frameworks for developing their own shared services alliances. She brings an extensive background to this work as a consultant with shared services leader Opportunities Exchange, including oversight of Oregon’s work bringing all early care and education programs together under the same agency for the first time.

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About the Child Care Report

With nearly half of Missouri’s young children living in "child care deserts," a new report from the New Growth Women’s Business Center and University of Missouri Extension, proposes a business-oriented solution: shared services or central office support for small and home-based child care providers.

Register to attend the December webinar series about shared service solutions in childcare.

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