Services Provided

• Meet on-site with child care providers to assess health and safety practices.

• Make recommendations to improve health and safety-assuring compliance with licensing regulations.

• Assist with developing or updating health and safety policy and procedures.

• Provide education and training on a variety of health and safety topics for child care staff and parents.

• Provide nutrition and physical activities information, including ideas for combating obesity.

• Provide referrals to community services.

• Assist in the coordination of care and access to immunizations, health, mental health, dental and developmental screenings.

• Provide telephone advice to child care providers.

Quality First Services:

Additional services are available for Quality First! participants. You may apply here.

 

• Participation in Quality First is voluntary. Multiple financial and support incentives are built in to encourage provider participation.

• First Things First statewide funds provides support for 300 child care settings (200 centers and 100 homes) with funding from various Regional Partnership Councils to support additional participants.

• Quality First seeks to establish a culture of continuous improvement toward higher levels of quality to be defined as 3 to 5 stars when the rating system is implemented.

Who can use CCHC Services?

• Families can call with questions regarding their child in care.

• Child care programs can call for assistance and guidance.

• Health care providers can make a referral to the Child Care Health Consultant program.

• Agencies which provide monitoring or resources to child care programs can make a referral for services.

For additional questions about CCHC, call our telephone hotline at 602-506-6767 OR Ask the Experts here.