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Missouri kicked more than 32,000 people off the rolls in June, with children accounting for half of that number and two-thirds of those children disenrolled for procedural reasons.
The increased reimbursement rate will go to child care providers who accept a subsidy to increase access for low-income and foster families.
Child care providers who accept a subsidy from the state to serve low-income families will see a boost in payments next month, thanks to a $78.5 million funding increase approved by Missouri lawmakers earlier this year.
Child care providers who accept a subsidy from the state to serve low-income families will see a boost in payments in August, thanks to a $78.5 million funding increase approved by Missouri lawmakers earlier this year.
Almost half of all children in Missouri under the age of 5 — roughly 202,000 kids — live in child care deserts, The Independent and MuckRock found as part of a joint investigation called “Disappearing Day Care.”