January 31, 2026Virtual
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Learn about early child care’s impact on families and communities. Early child care has the ability to affect three generations—parents, children and children’s children. Early child care allows parents to work, helps connect families to resources and therefore lowers parental stress. Early child care helps children…
January 31, 2026Virtual
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Child care is an issue in many communities across the United States. However, communities are also unique. With this uniqueness comes unique challenges. Learn how to use data, conversations and observations to better understand your community’s child care landscape. At the end of this course, participants will be…
February 2, 2026Virtual
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Learn about the various policies that employers can adopt to create more family friendly work places. These policies have the ability to support recruitment and retainment issues experienced by employers. At the end of this course, participants will be able to:
Recognize different policies that employers can…
February 4, 2026Virtual
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Learn about early child care’s impact on families and communities. Early child care has the ability to affect three generations—parents, children and children’s children. Early child care allows parents to work, helps connect families to resources and therefore lowers parental stress. Early child care helps children…
February 25, 2026Virtual
The University of Missouri’s Recruit, Inspire, Support the Early Childhood Profession in Missouri (RISE-MO) initiative is working to strengthen and sustain Missouri’s early childhood workforce.
In this webinar, you will explore how RISE-MO helps early childhood educators through recruitment, professional development, and…
February 28, 2026Virtual
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Learn about the various early chlid care data sources in Missouri that exist. These sources will help communities quantify the early child care challenges that exist in their region. Data can also help spark conversations with other stakeholders in the community and measure impact of projects over time. At the end of…
February 28, 2026Virtual
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Data can be used to tell a community’s early child care story. Learn about different data sources and how they can be combined to create a one-page report for your community. This report card can be used to have conversations with elected officials, business owners and other stakeholders in the community. By the end of…
March 3, 2026Virtual
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Data can be used to tell a community’s early child care story. Learn about different data sources and how they can be combined to create a one-page report for your community. This report card can be used to have conversations with elected officials, business owners and other stakeholders in the community. By the end of…
March 11, 2026Virtual
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Learn about early child care’s impact on businesses. Without early child care, employers struggle to retain and recruit employees. Every year, Missouri loses $1.35 billion in economic opportunity and $280 million in tax revenue. Additionally, the affordability and availability of early child care in a community limits a…
March 13, 2026Virtual
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Learn about the various early chlid care data sources in Missouri that exist. These sources will help communities quantify the early child care challenges that exist in their region. Data can also help spark conversations with other stakeholders in the community and measure impact of projects over time. At the end of…