For the Children's Sake: Compensation for Caregivers Key to Future Success

Photos and biographical article about four area child-care professionals, with discussion on "the state of child care in Greater Kansas City." Description of the following professionals: (1) Kyle Matchell, "program coordinator with Mid-America Regional Council's Metropolitan Counci lon Child Care"; (2) S. Marie McCarther, "director of The Forum for Early Childhood Organization and Leadership Development, a part of the Cookingham Institute"; (3) Becky Owens, "division chair [of] business and human sciences with Penn Valley Community College's Francis Child Developmental Institute"; and (4) Carolyn Snyder, "a retired elementary school teacher, formerly with LaPetite Academy" and "now education specialist at the Lakeside Nature Center at the Kansas City Zoo."