{"id":105284,"date":"2026-01-30T10:46:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T10:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/30\/child-care-aware-of-missouri-ceo-to-speak-at-economic-summit\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T10:46:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T10:46:53","slug":"child-care-aware-of-missouri-ceo-to-speak-at-economic-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/30\/child-care-aware-of-missouri-ceo-to-speak-at-economic-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Child Care Aware of Missouri CEO to Speak at Economic Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>St. Louis, MO, January 30, 2026 &#8211;(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pr.com\/\">PR.com<\/a>)&#8211;\u00a0Robin Phillips, CEO of Child Care Aware of Missouri (CCAMO), has been selected as a featured speaker at the 2026 Economic Issues Summit presented by the Missouri Economic Development Council (MEDC). The two-day event will be held February 10-11 in Jefferson City, Missouri.<\/p>\n<p>Phillips\u2019 session, \u201cDesigning Child Care Benefits to Drive Economic Growth\u201d, will explore how child care solutions strengthen local economies by supporting workforce participation and retention. She will also spotlight Missouri Child Care Works, a new initiative administered by CCAMO that expands family access to affordable, high-quality child care through locally coordinated cost-sharing exchanges.<\/p>\n<p>MEDC is a statewide, nonprofit association of economic development professionals and community leaders. Founded in 1979, MEDC drives economic growth through programs and partnerships that connect public and private resources across Missouri.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmployers across Missouri are realizing that child care is essential infrastructure,\u201d said Robin Phillips, CEO of Child Care Aware of Missouri. \u201cAccess to reliable, affordable child care directly impacts workforce participation, retention, and productivity\u2014key drivers of any thriving economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1999, CCAMO is a statewide nonprofit that focuses on a comprehensive early childhood education experience through impactful programs and partnerships. The organization\u2019s services include resource and referral, workforce development, child care business supports, advocacy and policy work. For more information, call (314) 535-1458.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pr.com\/press-release\/959356\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Louis, MO, January 30, 2026 &#8211;(PR.com)&#8211;\u00a0Robin Phillips, CEO of Child Care Aware of Missouri (CCAMO), has been selected as a featured speaker at the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":105285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[171],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-estate"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}