Our History
Hosted a Spring Conference in partnership with the Department of Mental Health
Leadership Cohort for Early Childhood Endorsement was formed and earned their Early Childhood Mental Health Endorsement®.
Endorsement opens to the state in a cohort model.
Hosting our Annual Conference: Nurturing Resilience November 15, 2024
Gatherings begin to provide MOPD Clock Hours
2024
2023
Infant Mental Health Endorsement Statewide Kickoff
Leadership Cohort for Infant Mental Health earns Endorsement®
New Logo 2023 - Present
2022
Thanks to a grant from the Children’s Trust Fund, Missouri became the 34th state to join the Alliance and license Endorsement for Culturally Sensitive, Relationship-Focused Practice Promoting Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health®
2021
Gatherings gain participation statewide
Growth of DEI, Education and Endorsement committees and DEI action planning
2020
MOAIMH-EC accepted into Forward through Ferguson’s Racial Equity Roundtable
Regional Gatherings launched
2019
Statewide childhood mental health endorsement conversations begin with DSS and then sidelined by pandemic in 2020
2018
MOAIMH-EC hosts first statewide retreat
2017
Official affiliation with the national Alliance established
Website launch
Membership structure established
Original logo 2017-2021
501(c)3 status established
Creation of Mission, Vision, Goals, and Capacity Building Strategies
Adoption of Bylaws, Articles of Incorporation, Conflict of Interest Policies, Whistleblower, Ethics, and Record Retention Policies
2016
2015
Adopt name for the group “Missouri Association for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health”
Elect inaugural Officers and Board of Directors
Group of professionals in Kansas City discuss creation of an Association in Missouri focused on Infant Mental Health