Some child care centers closed and others turned away families during months of missed payments caused by software problems. But Education Commissioner Karla Eslinger said 70% of that backlog has ...

Missouri child care providers began complaining that they were missing months of payments from the state and were close to shuttering. But the state won't meet its goal to clear the backlog by the ...

A massive backlog of payments to Missouri child care providers will continue beyond October despite a previous pledge that the state will be caught up by the end of this month. Pam Thomas ...

A backlog of payments due to child care providers is 70 percent clear after a yearlong struggle with the state's new software, Missouri Education Commissioner Karla Eslinger told lawmakers Tuesday ...

Investigations Missouri's education department acknowledges system-wide issues behind subsidy reimbursement halt. Child care providers seek solutions ...

Missourians are having an easier time using the child support system, according to the Department of Social Services (DSS).