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The NC Resource Center provides regional child care health consultation services to 55 counties across North Carolina that do not have a local Child Care Health Consultant (CCHC). Nine Regional CCHCs provide health and safety support and guidance to child care facilities and collaborate with community partners.

To reach out to a Regional CCHC, fill out this contact form:

Contact the Regional CCHCs

What does a regional CCHC do?

CCHCs work with early care and education facilities to improve the health and safety of their programs. Contact a regional CCHC for:

  • Technical assistance
  • Materials and resources
  • Training and professional development
  • Support with policies and procesdures
  • Health and safety assessments
  • Connections to community resources

How can a regional CCHC support early care and education programs?

Regional CCHCs offer support on these health and safety topics and more:

  • Illness and infectious disease
  • Environmental health
  • Children with special health care needs
  • Medication administration
  • Emergency preparedness, response, recovery
  • Physical activity, nutrition, and breastfeeding

To see which Regional CCHCs work in your county, hover over the county on the map below. More information about each Regional CCHC is below the map including the counties covered. If your county is not covered by a Regional CCHC, use the Find a CCHC page.


The west regional CCHCs cover the following counties:

Alexander Alleghany Ashe Avery Burke
Cherokee Clay Cleveland Davidson Davie
Graham Haywood Iredell Jackson Macon
Madison McDowell Mitchell Stokes Surry
Swain Watauga Yancey

To reach out to a Regional CCHC for consultation or technical assistance in any of these counties, fill out this form:

Contact the Regional CCHCs

 

Alicia Tanner, BSN, RN, CCHC-C/E Mary Ramirez, BSN, RN, CCHC Rachel Lentz, MPH, CCHC-C/E
919-964-0125 1-800-367-2229 828-544-1532


The central regional CCHCs cover the following counties:

Anson Bladen Caswell Columbus Durham
Harnett Hoke Johnston Lee Rockingham
Sampson Scotland

To reach out to a Regional CCHC for consultation or technical assistance in any of these counties, fill out this form:

Contact the Regional CCHCs

 

Ellie Morris, MPH, CCHC-C/E Sara Miller, MPH, CHES®, CCHC Sharleen Laporte, MS, CHES®, CCHC-C/E
919-809-9645 1-800-367-2229 910-401-2207


The east regional CCHCs cover the following counties:

Brunswick Carteret Chowan Craven Dare
Duplin Edgecombe Hertford Jones Nash
New Hanover Northampton Onslow Pamlico Pender
Perquimans Tyrrell Washington Wayne Wilson

To reach out to a Regional CCHC for consultation or technical assistance in any of these counties, fill out this form:

Contact the Regional CCHCs

 

Kim Gurganus, BSN, RN, CCHC LaKeasha Glaspie, MHS, MCHES®, CCHC-C/E Stacy Rosser, MPH, CCHC-C/E
1-800-367-2229 910-408-2051 252-557-4208