mochildcareaware

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.

Alisa Nelson talks to Robin Phillips, CEO of Child Care Aware of Missouri, who says a new initiative will provide health benefits to support 51 child care educators in five Missouri counties – a low-cost option that all Missouri childcare providers could use to recruit workers.