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 or learn more about training and technical assistance (TA) offered by Regional CCHCs, click the buttons below:

 

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 procedures
  • 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

Coverage Map

To see which Regional CCHCs work in your county, click on the county on the map below. Click the black box with white lines in the top left corner to see the color key for which CCHCs work in each region. 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.


West Regional CCHCs cover the following counties:

  • Alexander
  • Alleghany
  • Ashe
  • Avery
  • Burke
  • Caldwell
  • Caswell
  • Cherokee
  • Clay

  • Cleveland
  • Davidson
  • Davie
  • Durham
  • Graham
  • Haywood
  • Iredell
  • Jackson
  • Macon

  • Madison
  • McDowell
  • Mitchell
  • Rockingham
  • Stokes
  • Surry
  • Swain
  • Watauga
  • Yancey


Visit the Training and Technical Assistance Request page for more information about contacting a Regional CCHC.

 

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Alicia Tanner, BSN, RN, CCHC-C/E

West Regional CCHC Lead

Phone: 919-964-0125

 

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Rachel Lentz, MPH, CCHC-C/E

Phone: 828-544-1532

 

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Ellie Morris, MPH, CCHC-C/E

Phone: 919-809-9645

Megan Pjura, MPH, CNA II,

CCHC-C/E

Phone: 919-404-9605


East Regional CCHCs cover the following counties:

  • Anson
  • Bladen
  • Brunswick
  • Carteret
  • Chowan
  • Columbus
  • Craven
  • Dare
  • Duplin
  • Edgecombe

  • Harnett
  • Hertford
  • Hoke
  • Johnston
  • Jones
  • Lee
  • Nash
  • New Hanover
  • Northampton
  • Onslow

  • Pamlico
  • Pender
  • Perquimans
  • Robeson
  • Sampson
  • Scotland
  • Tyrrell
  • Washington
  • Wayne
  • Wilson


Visit the Training and Technical Assistance Request page for more information about contacting a Regional CCHC.

 

Courtney Summey, MPH, CCHC-C/E

East Regional CCHC Lead

Phone: 919-263-4261

 

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Latoya Beatty, MPH

Phone: 910-918-0502