United 4 Children

Child and adult Care food programs: United 4 Children is the largest sponsoring agency, through a contract with the Missouri department of health and senior services, for the Child and adult Care food program of the United states department of agriculture (usda). This program encourages healthy nutrition by educating home childcare providers and reimbursing them for healthy meals served. United 4 Children is reimbursed for its program management and administrative expenses by usda funding, administered by the Missouri department of health and senior services.

Inclusion services: United 4 Children receives contract payments to implement Child Care inclusion services that improve access and quality of early childhood education programs serving Children with challenging behaviors or special needs. Inclusion services ensure families can find Child Care for their Children with challenging behaviors or special needs while providing training and consultation to Child Care providers so that they can develop best practices for inclusive Care in the state of Missouri.

Quality services: United 4 Children receives contract payments to implement services that improve access and quality of early chilhdood education in the state of Missouri. The early Care & education resource & referral network services ensures that families can find high quality Child Care that meets their needs, educates families on what to look for in quality programs, and how to find resources that help their families thrive. The Child Care collaborative network program provides Child Care programs classroom evaluations, training, and coaching to ensure that educators and programs are providing high quality Care to Children and families. The program achieving quality program provides evaluations, training, and coaching to Child Care programs in the normandy 24:1 footprint. The social emotional early childhood program teaches Child Care programs strategies to address challenging behaviors in classroom environments before kindergarten in the state of Missouri.