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Explore these resources to learn more about child care programs, including how they may partner with Head Start programs. Also find strategies and learning opportunities related to child care health consultation.
These interactive learning activities will help child care health consultants learn to effectively share their expertise with programs. Explore six realistic scenarios to build and enhance consultation skills.
Explore training and delivery methods used by states to train child care professionals. Also, find health and safety training resources, and state examples that show where to access training opportunities.
Learn how child care health consultants’ (CCHCs) expertise and knowledge can support early care and education programs. Discover ways CCHCs can help ensure healthy and safe learning environments.
Discover resources to help partnerships find ways to understand, respect, and work with the similarities and differences between Head Start programs and child care.
Explore these resources to learn more about the Head Start Program Performance Standards related to the family child care program option.
Narrated by pediatricians, these videos can help a busy early care and education workforce reinforce health and safety practices.
Learn more about the national standards and the subset of standards called CFOC Basics, which represent the minimum health and safety standards required in Head Start programs.
HeadStart.gov
official website of the Administration for Children and Families