Money Saving Child Care Tips

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Updated on: September 25, 2023

  • Use a Flex Spend Account (FSA). Check with your employer to see if one is offered.

  • Shop around and compare costs.

  • Look at church-based and/or home-based options.

  • Find other parents with schedules opposite yours and take turns providing care for one another’s children.

  • Check into subsidies. https://dss.mo.gov/fsd/child-care.htm

  • Ask a trusted relative or friend.

  • Check with students such as college kids or high school kids during the summer months.

  • Check the public school system for free Pre-K programs.

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