About The Missouri Alliance for Children, Youth and Families

The Missouri Alliance for Children, Youth, and Families is an outgrowth of the Child Welfare Task Force of the Governor’s Conference on Children and Youth, held in December 1981.

The Alliance was created to be a statewide network of citizens and community-based organizations whose objective is to improve coordination and communication among those concerned with the well-being of Missouri's children and families.

Our Mission
The Missouri Alliance for Children, Youth, and Families is committed to assuring that the public policies bearing most on children, youth, and families, work for them and not against them. It is in this spirit that we focus our energy and action through advocacy efforts.

About Child Advocacy Day
The primary goal of the Alliance is to organize Child Advocacy Day. Child Advocacy Day is an opportunity for advocates to become better informed about children's legislation that is coming up before the Missouri General Assembly, and to share their views with their legislators.

The Leadership Committee
Leadership of the Alliance and responsibility for organizing Child Advocacy Day rotates every two years. Currently, the Missouri School-Age Community Coalition is providing leadership. In addition, representatives from the following organizations are participating in the Leadership Committee.

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• Shirlitta Taylor

Association for the Education of Young Children of Missouri
• Denise Mauzy

• Shawntay Myers
• Peggy Pearl

• Mary Spence

Citizens for Missouri's Children

• Emily Schwartze

Community Volunteers

• Francey Ericson

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• Candace Cheatum

Missouri Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
 • Joyce Taylor

Missouri School-Age Community Coalition
• Jeff Buehler

• Ron Duncan

• Terri Foulkes
• Veronica Knight

Partnership for Children
• Carrie Shapton

• Emily Smith

For More Information:

Mary Spence, Child Advocacy Day Co-Chair
Missouri Association for the Education of Young Children
Mcos620@yahoo.com

Becky Rentchler, Child Advocacy Day Co-Chair
Central Missouri Association for the Education of Young Children
raganre@missouri.edu