Safety for Children, Elderly & People with Disabilities
Vetting Caregivers
It is important to know the backgrounds of those who care for your loved ones.
Family Care Safety Registry
Missouri’s Family Care Safety Registry was established by law to protect children, the elderly, and the physically or mentally disabled in Missouri and to promote family and community safety by providing background information on potential caregivers.
Child Care Aware of Missouri
Child Care Aware of Missouri serves as a community resource on child care throughout the state. We help families find quality child care, preschool and after-school programs for their children. We work with child care program owners, directors and teachers to improve the quality of their programs. We provide business and civic leaders with information on the value and importance of child care and collaborate with them to make child care safe and enriching for children.
Show-Me Child Care Provider Search
The Show-Me Child Care Provider Search allows you to search state-inspected child care centers, group child care homes and in-home child care centers. Report a concern against a child care facility »»
Show-Me Long Term Care
Use Show-Me Long Term Care to find out how any licensed Missouri long-term care facility did on its last inspection.
More Resources
- Nursing Home Compare
- Sex Offender Registry
- Highway Patrol Arrest Reports
- Criminal Background Checks – State of Missouri
- Criminal Background Checks – Federal FBI
Child Safety
Abuse Prevention and Reporting
Report Child Abuse
- Child Abuse Hotline (800) 392-3738
- Family Care Safety Registry
- Show-Me Child Care Provider Search
- Report a concern against a child care facility
- Child Care Aware of Missouri
- National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
- Amber Alerts
- National Runaway Safeline, (800) RUNAWAY
- The SAFE-CARE Network
- Missouri School Violence Hotline
- StopBullying.gov
- Cyberbullying
Protecting Children
Child Product Recalls
Get information and notifications about child product and toy recalls »
- SafeKids USA for Parents
- Child Safety in the Home & Community
- Pool Safety
- Internet Safety
- Child Car Seats
- Poison Control Center (800) 222-1222
- Lead Poisoning Prevention
Protecting Teens
- Arrive Alive
- Teen Driving
- Parent/Teen Driving Agreement
- Teen Driving – CDC
- Internet Safety
- Safe Social Networking
Safety for the Elderly
Elder Abuse Hotline
If you suspect someone is being abused, neglected or exploited, call the hotline at (800) 392-0210.
