“It’s almost like a deconstructed child care center,” says Louise Stoney of Opportunities Exchange, a nonprofit focused on improving child care business models.

The Jefferson City Area Chamber of Commerce has a program in mind to help employees afford child care. Child Care Works is an initiative of Gov. Mike Kehoe where the state matches local funds and ...

Increasing access to high-quality, affordable child care must be a priority at all levels of government, but harmful deregulation is not the solution to the child care crisis.