Missouri Revised Statutes Title XII. Public Health and Welfare § 208.044. Child day care services to be provided certain persons--eligible providers

1. The department of elementary and secondary education shall provide child day care services to any person who meets the qualifications set forth at sections 301 and 302 of the Family Support Act of 1988 (P.L. 100-485).

2. The department shall purchase the child day care services required by this section by making payments directly to any providers of day care services licensed pursuant to chapter 210 or to providers of day care services who are not required by chapter 210 to be licensed because they are providing care to no more than six children pursuant to section 210.211.

3. When a person who has been eligible and receiving day care services under this section becomes ineligible due to the end of the twelve-month period of transitional day care, as defined in section 208.400, such person may receive day care services from the department if otherwise eligible for such services.