Creating a Community's Early Child Care Report Card (February 2026)

Description: 

Data can be used to tell a community’s early child care story. Learn about different data sources and how they can be combined to create a one-page report for your community. This report card can be used to have conversations with elected officials, business owners and other stakeholders in the community. By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

• Understand the importnace of data and a community assessment. 
• Identify community-level metrics related to early child care that are available and where to find them. 
• Create an early child care report card for their county.  

This class is interactive and involves participating in small and large group discussions.

Audience:

This class is open to anyone, but is highly recommended for Child Care Directors, Child Care Educators, Child Care Community Advocates, Employers. Multi-sector conversations are where the magic happens.

Clock Hours: 

Earn 1.5 MOPD Clock Hours

Fee: 

$10

This program is not covered by a grant. This fee is non-refundable unless the class is canceled by MU Extension.