Tim Decker, Missouri Children’s Division Director, to retire

Tim Decker, director of the Missouri Children’s Division, will be retiring at the beginning of July, after serving as director for over four years.  Prior to leading the Children’s Division, he was director of Missouri’s Division of Youth Services for seven years.  He plans to “continue the movement” after he leaves, but adds he will first “spend some much needed time with my beautiful wife Laurie and Christopher, Jessica, Riley, and Cody (son, daughter-in-law, and our grandsons).”

Those of us at the Missouri Coalition of Children’s Agencies extend our deep appreciation for his commitment to children, families and communities, and for his relentless and courageous advocacy for Missouri’s most vulnerable.  We wish him well and look forward to working with him as he “continues the movement.”