Child Care Aware® of Missouri serves as a community resource on child care throughout the state. Through our referral system, we help families find quality child care, preschool and after-school programs for their children by calling our toll free number or completing an online search. We work with child care program owners, directors and teachers to improve the quality of their programs. We also provide business and civic leaders with information on the value and importance of child care and collaborate with them to make child care safe and enriching for children.