KCMC Child Development Corporation
Dwayne A. Crompton, Executive Director
The City of Kansas City, Missouri, and a group of grassroots activists founded KCMC in 1970 under a grant from the Model Cities program. KCMC went on to become the first not-for-profit in Jackson County to sponsor family child care homes in the Federal Child and Adult Care Food program. In 1977, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services selected KCMC to be the Head Start grantee for Kansas City. Dwayne A. Crompton’s 26-year career in early childhood education includes service as a classroom teacher and an administrator. He has held leadership positions with the National Association for the…