Learn more about how Child Care Aware of Missouri is making a difference across the state and how the lack of child care continues to be a workforce recruitment/retention and economic issue.
August 2025
Child Care Aware of Missouri Hires Rene Prys
Child Care Aware of Missouri (CCAMO), a leading nonprofit supporting early childhood education, recently hired Rene Prys as its new...
This health benefit tool could help Missouri child care providers to recruit workers
Missouri has a severe shortage of child care workers, and part of the problem is low wages and no benefits....
Child Care Aware of Missouri Welcomes New Technology Partner
Child Care Aware of Missouri (CCAMO) recently entered a new era in technology and service with the adoption of TOOTRiS,...
July 2025
Four New Regional Partnerships Join Forces with Child Care Aware® of Missouri
Child Care Aware of Missouri (CCAMO) named four regional community partners to help deliver comprehensive in-person and virtual support across...
New Initiative Expands Health Benefits to Rural Missouri Child Care Educators
Child Care Aware of Missouri (CCAMO) recently obtained $15,000 in funding to launch a new initiative that will deliver vital...
June 2025
Child Care Aware of Missouri Announces New Board Members
Child Care Aware of Missouri (CCAMO) recently named Ramiz Hakim and Michael Wolpert to its board of directors. Board members...
How CCAMO is supporting MO families and building a better future for kids – featuring Robin Phillips
On the "In Your City" show with Kelley Lamm & Gordon Montgomery, Robin Phillips, CEO of Child Care Aware of...
April 2025
Child Care Aware of Missouri Earns Accreditation
Child Care Aware of Missouri (CCAMO) has been recognized as an Accredited Charity Seal Holder by the Better Business Bureau...
Child Care Aware of Missouri Promotes Beth Ann Lang to Deputy CEO
Child Care Aware of Missouri (CCAMO) recently announced the promotion of Beth Ann Lang to Deputy CEO. In this new...
March 2025
Child Care Aware of Missouri Awarded Saint Louis Mental Health Board Contract
Child Care Aware of Missouri (CCAMO) was recently awarded a $107,468 contract by the Saint Louis Mental Health Board to...
Child Care Aware of Missouri Celebrates 25th Anniversary
Child Care Aware of Missouri (CCAMO) recently marked its 25th anniversary of serving Missouri families, child care educators, communities and employers.
Missouri Champion of Children
A 2025 report from the Missouri Champion of Children and Child Care Aware of Missouri says that majority of Missouri is...
February 2025
Chiala Watkins-Reed Selected for Missouri Leadership Class
Chiala Watkins-Reed, Chief of Workforce Development at Child Care Aware of Missouri (CCAMO), has been selected to join the Greater...
Child Care Aware of Missouri's Leadership Development Event
Child Care Aware of Missouri (CCAMO) will hold its fifth annual Live2Lead online simulcast on Friday, February 7 from 9...
The Power of Advocacy with Robin Phillips
In this insightful episode of Paper Napkin Wisdom, Govindh Jayaraman sits down with Robin Phillips, Executive Director of Child Care...
January 2025
Missouri Home Visiting Leader Embraces the Institute for Professional Development Opportunities
As a student at Missouri State University, Paula Wright listened intently to her professor as she explained her work as...
Child Care Aware of Missouri Hosts Leadership Development Event
Child Care Aware of Missouri (CCAMO) will hold its fifth annual Live2Lead online simulcast on Friday, February 7 from 9...
Press Release: New Analysis Reveals Urgent Need to Address Missouri’s Child Care Deserts
Kids Win Missouri released the following statement on the new report from Child Care Aware of Missouri highlighting Missouri’s ongoing...
Talk of the Town, Child Care Aware of Missouri’s Child Care Landscape Report
Talk of the Town welcomes in Robin Phillips from Child Care Aware of Missouri.
OUTdrive: Improving Child Care Access In Missouri
Missouri’s child care crisis affects more than just parents—it impacts businesses, workforce retention and local economies. In this episode, Robin...
December 2024
Nonprofit CEO Graduates from Prestigious Leadership Missouri Program
Robin Phillips, CEO of Child Care Aware of Missouri (CCAMO), recently graduated from the prestigious 2024 Leadership Missouri program created...
Child Care Aware of Missouri Names Two Board Members
Child Care Aware of Missouri (CCAMO) recently added Michelle Heiliger and Keith Pickerel to its board of directors for three-year...
November 2024
TEACH National Center Appoints Beth Ann Lang to Advisory Committee
Beth Ann Lang, chief program officer at Child Care Aware of Missouri (CCAMO), was appointed to the TEACH Early Childhood...
Nonprofit Completes $40,000 Emergency Preparedness Grant Project
Child Care Aware of Missouri (CCAMO) recently announced the successful completion of its inaugural “Show Me MO Emergency Prep, Response,...
Child Care Aware of Missouri Hosts Tax Credit Webinar
Child Care Aware of Missouri (CCAMO) is hosting its Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit webinar on Tues., Nov. 12...
Child Care Aware of Missouri Hosts Live2Lead Event
St. Louis, Mo: Child Care Aware of Missouri (CCAMO) recently announced its fifth annual Live2Lead event, an online simulcast developed...
City Corner, Child Care Aware of Missouri
Host/producer Sarah Thompson talks with Robin Phillips, CEO of Child Care Aware® of Missouri, about the statewide nonprofit’s impactful programs...
The Daycare Dilemma: Examing the Child Care Crises in the St Louis Area
Nonprofit Child Care Aware shares the stats on the ongoing issue—and what it's doing to help parents facing such challenges.
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