{"id":8434,"date":"2026-01-09T16:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T22:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/09\/feds-demand-missouri-justify-child-care-expenses-to-receive-delayed-funding\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T16:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T22:00:16","slug":"feds-demand-missouri-justify-child-care-expenses-to-receive-delayed-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/09\/feds-demand-missouri-justify-child-care-expenses-to-receive-delayed-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Feds demand Missouri justify child care expenses to receive delayed funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"615\" src=\"https:\/\/missouriindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8677-1024x615.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Barbara Swartz reads to children at Baden Christian Child Care in St. Louis last winter (photo submitted).<\/p>\n<p><span>Missouri has submitted \u201cdetailed justification\u201d required to access <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/missouriindependent.com\/2026\/01\/09\/missouri-waiting-on-25-7-million-payment-from-feds-to-reimburse-child-care-providers\/\"><span>federal funding<\/span><\/a><span> owed to almost 2,000 child care providers across the state for services rendered in December, according to a Friday <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dese.mo.gov\/communications\/missouri-submits-justification-federal-child-care-payments\" target=\"_blank\"><span>press release<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Office of Childhood in the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, which found it could not access the funds earlier this week, had been unable to explain the delay to child care providers because it had not received communication from the federal government before Thursday evening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe know how important these payments are to providers, and this is our utmost priority,\u201d said Office of Childhood Assistant Commissioner Deidre Anderson-Barbee in the press release.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The department submitted a \u201ccomprehensive breakdown\u201d Friday morning to meet the requirements of a federal initiative called \u201cDefend the Spend,\u201d its spokesman told The Independent. Defend the Spend, a system created by the now-dissolved Department of Government Efficiency, requires recipients of federal funds to justify each transaction before they can receive payment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Although the state office has submitted the required documentation, child care providers still don\u2019t know when they can expect to receive payment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"QuQhxAJ48k\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/missouriindependent.com\/2026\/01\/09\/missouri-waiting-on-25-7-million-payment-from-feds-to-reimburse-child-care-providers\/\">Missouri waiting on $25.7 million payment from feds to reimburse child care providers<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Lisa Scheer, director of Baden Christian Child Care in St. Louis, told The Independent that the message from the state office brings little relief.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s an answer, but it\u2019s not an answer anyone wants to hear,\u201d Scheer said. \u201cTo be honest, there\u2019s not going to be an answer until they say, \u2018We\u2019re paying you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Scheer said her child care center relies heavily on the federal funds because each of the 45 children the center serves participates in the subsidy program. Families in Missouri must earn no more than 150% of the federal poverty level to qualify.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cOur families really rely on our services for food, for safety,\u201d Scheer said. \u201cWe provide area transportation and really just a safe haven for our neighborhood and community.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>U.S. Health and Human Services Deputy Secretary Jim O\u2019Neill on Dec. 30 announced in a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HHS_Jim\/status\/2006152183863972241?s=20\" target=\"_blank\"><span>social media post<\/span><\/a><span> that all states would be <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/missouriindependent.com\/2026\/01\/02\/repub\/after-minnesota-fraud-allegations-hhs-orders-states-to-justify-child-care-spending\/\"><span>required to justify their child care expenses<\/span><\/a><span> in order to access support from the federal Child Care and Development Fund.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Monday the federal department froze child care payments to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/acf.gov\/media\/press\/2026\/hhs-freezes-child-care-family-assistance-grants-five-states\" target=\"_blank\"><span>five states<\/span><\/a><span> \u2014 all with Democrat-led governments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The state\u2019s Office of Childhood said Friday that the federal request for information about Missouri\u2019s child care subsidy program indicates \u201cMissouri child care funds have not been frozen.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Before that communication, the cause of the delay wasn\u2019t clear.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Casey Hanson, deputy director of Kids Win Missouri, told The Independent that the uncertainty has made the funding disruption more painful for child care providers who operate on very tight margins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a meeting of around 160 providers Wednesday, Hanson said, many were \u201cfrustrated and upset.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Some providers who mostly serve families who receive subsidies \u201care at a point to be turning [those families] away, especially if they don\u2019t have reserves, and a lot of small providers really don\u2019t,\u201d Hanson said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Scheer, who was in the meeting, said she\u2019s trying to delay costs where she can. She agreed with her husband that she won\u2019t draw a paycheck until federal funding comes through.\u00a0 But she realizes her employees, who are mostly single women, can\u2019t do that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>While Scheer said she is committed to keeping her doors open, she\u2019s not sure how long the center would be able to operate without subsidy payments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s trying to make sure my employees\u2019 needs are met so that they can still show up for children, so children\u2019s needs are met, so that parents can still go to work and be parents for their children,\u201d Scheer said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s just a lot of unknown.\u201d<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barbara Swartz reads to children at Baden Christian Child Care in St. Louis last winter (photo submitted). Missouri has submitted \u201cdetailed justification\u201d required to access federal funding owed to almost 2,000 child care providers across the state for services rendered in December, according to a Friday press release. 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