Community leaders in Springfield are asking Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe to sign a bill that would approve funding for the Missouri Community Child Care Exchange.
Advocates of the idea say it would help ensure that working families have access to affordable, high quality child care through cost-sharing coordinated at the local level.
“It splits the cost of care between between three entities, so the parents, the employer and the state funding that will be available if the governor signs off on the $5 million,” said Amanda Coleman, vice president of early childhood and family development at CPO…