Barbara Swartz reads to children at Baden Christian Child Care in St. Louis last winter (photo submitted).
Missouri has submitted “detailed justification” required to access federal funding owed to almost 2,000 child care providers across the state for services rendered in December, according to a Friday press release.
The Office of Childhood in the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, which found it could not access the funds earlier this week, had been unable to explain the delay to child care providers because it had not received communication from the federal government before Thursday evening…