On the heels of Tuesday’s article on Missouri’s proposed new child care center rules on field trips and other safety matters comes news of another dangerous child care mistake in St. Louis.

According to a spokesman for the St. Louis Police…

St. Louis-based Child Day Care Association has awarded its annual Children’s Champion Award to Shelley and Steve Blecha and Missouri State Rep. Rachel Storch, D-St. Louis.

The organization, which provides parents with quality child care referrals, honored the three at their…

Day care sticker shock putting your finances in a tailspin? Worried about the safety of your young children while you work? Should affordable early childhood education be available to every child in Missouri?

With the Missouri legislative session winding down and…

Jefferson County residents Shelley and Steve Blecha traveled to Washington D.C. last week to press federal lawmakers for better regulation and support of safe, quality early childhood care in this country.

The couple was chosen as one of two representatives from Missouri by the…

Today’s metro page article chronicled the state’s current efforts to revise its 17-year-old licensing standards. Stephen Zwolak argued that the standards represent the bare minimum for safety and quality, and don’t address teacher training, pay or current research in child development and the…

Jefferson County residents Steve and Shelley Blecha, who have campaigned for better child care oversight and safety, had something to celebrate this week.

Riley Jade Blecha, 7 pounds,  4 ounces, was born Thursday morning just before noon. (Those are her cute…