Welcome to the North Carolina Child Care Health and Safety Resource Center!

The NC Resource Center’s mission is to promote healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments in early care and education settings through child care health consultation. 

The NC Resource Center provides:

• Health and safety training and technical assistance to early educators to support children in child care and their families.
• Professional development opportunities, resources, and current best practices around health and safety in child care.
• Guidance and connection to local, regional, and state-wide child health and child care partners focusing on current health and safety priorities.
• Qualification, ongoing professional support, and coaching for Child Care Health Consultants.

For information related to child health and health and safety in child care we welcome you to explore our website. Contact the NC Resource Center using the online form or toll free number 1-800-367-2229. Anyone in the greater early care and education community is welcome to call!

COVID-19 guidance for child care in North Carolina

• Find the Child Care Health Consultant (CCHC) in your community
• Visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Learn more about COVID-19 vaccines
• Visit the NC DHHS COVID-19 Dashboard

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• E-Newsletter: Fall 2022, Volume 7, Issue 2 Now Available

  The Fall 2022 newsletter titled: “Prepare and Prevent” is now available. Maintaining a healthy and safe environment in early care and education programs is critical. Immunizations, safe sleep practices, and active supervision are a few of the health and safety … Continued

• E-Newsletter: Summer 2022, Volume 7, Issue 1 (Now Available in Spanish)

  The Spanish version of our Summer 2022 newsletter “Caution: Children Eat Here” is now available. This issue includes information and resources to support and promote healthy and safe feeding and eating practices in the early care and education setting. Please … Continued

• E-Newsletter: Summer 2022, Volume 7, Issue 1 Now Available

  The Summer 2022 newsletter titled: “Caution: Children Eat Here” is now available. This issue of the NC Resource Center quarterly newsletter includes information and resources to help early educators maintain safe and healthy feeding and eating practices in the early … Continued

• Child Care Health Consultants-UNC Gillings School News

  We are delighted to announce that the work of Child Care Health Consultants (CCHCs) across the state and the training and support that the NC Child Care Health and Safety Resource Center provides to CCHCs were highlighted in a recent … Continued

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  Addressing infant formula shortage

  Some families in North Carolina are facing challenges accessing infant formulas. These challenges are related to the February recall of certain Abbott infant formulas, the resulting increased demand for other brands of formula, and the lingering effects of supply issues … Continued

• Early Childhood Educator Appreciation Day

  Governor Roy Cooper has proclaimed May 6, 2022 Early Childhood Educator Appreciation Day in North Carolina. We want to take a moment to thank all the wonderful early educators for your dedication and ensuring the health, safety, and well-being of young … Continued

• E-Newsletter: Spring 2022, Volume 6, Issue 4 (Now Available in Spanish)

  Our Spring 2022 newsletter, Volume 6, Issue 4:“An Eye on Allergies” is now available in Spanish. This issue includes many tips and resources related to allergies and anaphylaxis. We encourage you to share the Spanish version, “Hablemos de las alergias” … Continued

• E-Newsletter: Spring 2022, Volume 6, Issue 4 Now Available

  The spring season is here. We know that allergies are a hot topic during the spring. Therefore, just in time for the season, our Spring 2022 newsletter, An Eye on Allergies, focuses on allergies. In addition to seasonal allergies commonly … Continued

• Webinar Archive: “COVID-19 in NC and the ChildCareStrongNC Public Health Toolkit: What You Need to Know Now”

  Great news!! If you missed it, the webinar archive of the “COVID-19 in NC and the ChildCareStrongNC Public Health Toolkit: What You Need to Know Now” that was offered on March 17, 2022, is now available. The webinar, sponsored by the … Continued

• NC Early Care and Learning Dashboard-Now Available

  Did you know that the North Carolina Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) has new online dashboards with the latest data and trends about NC’s Pre-K and child care programs? Visit their website to explore the interactive dashboards. … Continued