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Resources for Early Childhood Professionals
Information organized by the Kansas and
Missouri Core Competencies for Early Care and Education Professionals.
The competency areas describe what professionals who work with young
children and families need to know and be able to do to provide quality
early care and education services.
OPEN Initiative
OPEN's primary focus is the
development and implementation of a career development system for early
childhood and school-age/after-school professionals. The OPEN Initiative
is housed at the Center for Family Policy and Research at the University
of Missouri-Columbia.
Missouri Child Care
Resource and Referral Network
The mission of the Missouri Child Care Resource and Referral Network is
to provide coordinated, statewide child care resource and referral
services that promote a high quality child care system.
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