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            The Healthy Child Care America Campaign, is a nationally focused initiative, jointly sponsored by the Federal Child Care Bureau and the Maternal and Child Health Bureau. It is based on the principle that families, child care providers and health professionals in partnership can promote the healthy development of young children in child care and increase access to preventive health services and safe physical environments for children.

• Safe, healthy child care environments for all children, including those with special health needs
• Up-to-date and easily accessibly immunizations for children in child care
• Access to quality health, dental, and developmental screening and comprehensive follow-up for children in child care
• Health and mental health consultation, support, and education for all families, children and child care providers
• Health, nutrition and safety education for children in child care, their families, and child care providers.

Healthy Child Care New Mexico (Managed by CYFD, P&I Division, Family Nutrition Bureau)
Grant Activities in New Mexico:

• "Environmental Health and Safety in Child Care" Curriculum currently under development
• Educational workshops at the Regional Early Care and Education Conferences on the topics of :
  • Nutrition
  • Inclusion of Children with Special Health Needs
  • Immunizations
• Dissemination of health insurance information at the Regional Early Care and Education Conferences and through the Training and Technical Assistance Programs throughout the State to child care providers and parents.
• Dissemination of health insurance information to child care providers in Health Education Workshops on Medical Self-Care provided by SET (Service, Empowerment and Transformation) Agency. These workshops are sponsored by the Healthy Child Care New Mexico Program.

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