Child Care Compliance section

We assist child care providers in becoming licensed by conducting inspections. We also investigate complaints in order to assure the health, safety, and development of Missouri’s children.  

Section Leaders: Caron Ahlemeyer, Kayla Todaro
Phone Number: 573-751-2450
Email: ChildCare@dese.mo.gov

Section 544.456 RSMo, known as “Sam Pratt’s”  law, allows any court involved in a case of abuse, neglect, or death of a child to impose as a condition of release that the defendant is prohibited from providing child care services for compensation pending final disposition of the case.   Additionally, the court is required to notify the Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) and the Department of Social Services (DSS) when an order is filed, as well as the final disposition of the case.  If charges are filed with the court having jurisdiction and an order is file

An application should only be cancel rejected if the application was rejected incorrectly. Reasons an application may have been rejected incorrectly could include:

• Income was entered or budgeted incorrectly;
• Household provided information timely but the information was not entered timely in the system;
• Application was rejected before the application due date; or
• Household was not given sufficient notice to provide needed information.