In 2023, the Office of Childhood (OOC) contracted with Wonderschool to help recruit child care providers, specifically family home providers in child care deserts, to become licensed to provide child care in Missouri. Wonderschool is a platform that allows child care providers to build their business, whether from the start or to improve their current practices, and assists families in finding child care that meets their needs.

For more information about the work Wonderschool aims to accomplish, see the drop down options below:

Objectives

Wonderschool aims to assist Missouri by:

• Creating 100 new family child care home providers throughout the state of Missouri
• Supporting 300 existing providers with business optimization, training, and sustainability
• Providing resources for family child care networks to support providers in creating sustainable programs 

Benefits

• Providing a digital platform for each new provider, which includes setting up a professional business website that offers functions like enrollment and invoicing management, expense reporting, and parent communication avenues.
• Providing in-person community building events, personalized coaching for individual child care providers, enrollment in Wonderschool Academy, and assistance with marketing and outreach development
• Designing interactive modules dedicated to improving business operations for family child care providers. 

Link to Wonderschool

To take advantage of this opportunity, please visit the Wonderschool website specifically for Missouri providers.

For new providers who are not yet licensed, you will sign up to connect with a Wonderschool specialist who will assist you throughout your journey to becoming licensed.

• For all providers, you will create an account to start building your website and identify ways in which the Wonderschool platform can help you better your business.