• Improve availability and quality of family support services through professional development by offering training in the Cornell University Family Development and Credentialing program.  
  Lead Agency: Family Support Council
  
• Establish more effective strategies for Child Welfare practice.  
  Lead Agency: Family Support Council
  
  

Early Childhood Development Strategies

• Improve state and local policies and strategies related to early childhood development, including reforming Missouri’s child care subsidy system and implementing the City of St. Louis Strategic Plan for Early Childhood Success. 
  Lead Agency: Child Day Care Association
  
• Expand use of T.E.A.C.H. (Teacher Education and Compensation Helps) Missouri to enhance professional development for child care providers and improve the quality of care. 
  Lead Agency: Missouri Child Care Resource and Referral Network