Programs & Services
Our Work Spans Four Key Areas
Advancing Family Relationships, Health, and Aging
Examines how family relationships, caregiving, sleep, and other factors intersect to shape health, well-being, and aging throughout adulthood and later life.
Enhancing Early Childhood Development, Care, and Learning
Explores how children and families thrive through supportive relationships, learning environments, effective early childhood practices, and strong systems of care and support.
Strengthening Relationships and Families
Explores how individual experiences and family relationships shape health, well-being, and connections across the lifespan.
Supporting Youth, Families, and Communities
Promotes youth development, postsecondary readiness, family well-being, and community resilience through education, mentorship, resources, and community capacity-building.
Explore Our Programs and Services
Discover programs and services that apply research to a range of community needs—from supporting healthy relationships and child development to strengthening early childhood systems and rural communities. Explore how our work helps individuals, families, professionals, and communities turn knowledge into action.
Focus on Kids
Supporting parents through separation with research-informed co-parent education that promotes positive outcomes for children. Key Area: Strengthening Relationships and Families.
Institute for Professional Development
Providing early childhood and school-age professionals with training and technical assistance in social-emotional development and curriculum for preschoolers. Key Area: Enhancing Early Childhood Development, Care, and Learning.
Missouri 4-H Youth Futures
A youth development program and evaluation lab that addresses postsecondary preparation and readiness through mentorship and support. Key Area: Supporting Youth, Families and Communities.
Missouri Head Start Collaboration Office
Elevating Head Start as an integral partner in Missouri’s early childhood system through collaboration, research, practice, and policy. Key Area: Enhancing Early Childhood Development, Care, and Learning.
Recruit, Inspire, Support the Early Childhood Profession in Missouri
Building Missouri’s child care workforce through education, career exploration, and professional services. Key Area: Enhancing Early Childhood Development, Care, and Learning.
Rural Community Health Outreach Partnership
Supporting rural communities through health education, family resources, and initiatives that strengthen connection, belonging, and community capacity. Key Area: Supporting Youth, Families and Communities.
SHOWME Healthy Relationships
Providing relationship education to help Missourians build healthier, happier relationships and families. Key Area: Strengthening Relationships and Families.
Past Projects and Initiatives
Explore past projects and initiatives that have supported individuals and families, strengthened communities, and created meaningful impact.