Advocacy

The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is weeks behind in paying subsidies for child care centers and families. Centers already were facing financial issues.

Child care providers in the St. Louis region have had a tough past few years, as some closed during the coronavirus pandemic. Others have had trouble finding enough workers. Low staffing and low wages are taking a toll on child care centers and parents.

The Deaconess Foundation plans to award up to $100,000 in grants to campaigns and programs in Missouri and Southern Illinois aimed at changing public policy to better support families.

As the sun set over the Transgender Memorial Garden in the Tower Grove neighborhood late last month, members of St. Louis’ transgender community,…

Sherrill Wayland started SAGE eight years ago, in a one-bedroom apartment at the Tower Grove Manor.Now, the group that helps lesbian, gay, bisexual and…