Childcare with Brenda Shields

Brenda Shields discusses the childcare issues and her legislation to help address the problem.  

-94/114 MO counties are "childcare deserts"
-28% of respondents in a 2023 poll said they or someone in their household had left a job or not taken a job because of childcare in the last 12 months
-Estimated $1.35B in loss to MO economy annually

At the end Brenda tells us where on planet earth she would spend one week outside of beautiful Missouri.