As diaper need awareness week comes near, our Board Member, Melissa Miller shares some facts with us about how critical it is to have our Baby Bags Diaper Bank in mid-MO. Melissa is the former director of Healthy Bottoms Diaper Bank, which transferred into First Chance’s diaper bank program in December of 2019. The loss …
Exciting events are happening this fall with Lend & Learn Toy Libraries! While it looks different than we expected, we are STILL HERE giving support to our community in a multitude of ways. Here’s a quick look at what’s coming up! New Location! First Chance for Children has moved to a new building at 1002 …
Big time NAP-enings at First Chance for Children Serving families with young children in the best way we can means keeping First Chance for Children (FC4C) financially secure in the years to come. To this end, we’re happy to announce that we can now offer Missouri state tax credits of up to 50% for business …
Lend & Learn is coming to a park near you this fall! Due to the recent surge in Covid community transmission, we have decided to postpone reopening our indoor Lend & Learn play spaces, and instead, take Lend & Learn outside to neighborhoods all over town. Families with children ages 0-5 are invited to attend …
During this time, when we are all working to stay healthy and safe, we continue to work diligently to meet the needs of our clients and community. Using safe social distancing practices, First Chance for Children is still doing our part to provide early childhood programs and family resources that foster healthy outcomes for children …