Collective Impact for St. Louis Children: Where are we now?

Rich Patton, Executive Director of VCR, shares his thoughts on the progress towards collective impact in the St. Louis Region and what it means for the children of our region and the efforts of organizations to work together on kids issues.

Child Abuse Prevention Month Recap

The St. Louis Family & Community Partnership held their annual Child Abuse Prevention Month event on April 10th.  It was a wonderful event with broad community support.  Check out pictures from the event, interviews with Partnership members, and facts on child abuse.  Although the month of April is over, we encourage everyone in the community to make a commitment to help prevent child abuse throughout the year.  Fill out this commitment card and mail it to us or scan it and email us.  We'll post your commitment on Facebook and on our website.  

Mayor's Commission Takes on Youth Violence

Liz Hoester, who staffs the Mayor's Commission on Children, Youth, and Families, recaps the quarterly meeting of the commission and reports on their efforts to tackle youth violence in St. Louis. 

Hearing on Nathan's Law

Child Care Safety Facts

Child care safety is an issue that ha gotten a great deal of media attention in the last several months.  Find out more about this issue and learn what we all can do to ensure all children are safe while being cared for away from home.  

RECC Chair Speaks on the "Deadly Day Care" news series

Today's edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch carries a guest commentary by Doug Rasmussen, Senior Vice President of the St. Louis County Economic Council and co-chair of the Children's Agenda Regional Early Childhood Council. The commentary, titled Bad Child Care Sabotages Our Future, addresses the tragedy of the deaths of many Missouri children in unregulated child care settings, as well as the broader need for quality child care to promote the well-being of all St. Louis area children and the region as a whole.

Community Meetings This Week