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It’s time for the 2020 annual child care immunization reporting. Click the link to view the memo from the NC Department of Health and Human Services-Division of Public Health, Immunization Branch. The survey is due by December 15, 2020.

DHHS has new “Slow the Spread, Get Behind the Mask”  videos available in English and Spanish to help increase understanding of when a cloth face covering or mask is needed. Whatever your reason, get behind the mask.

Our Fall 2020 newsletter is now available in Spanish. Please share it with Spanish speaking early educators.

Our Fall 2020 newsletter is available with information, tips, and resources on how to stay safe and ways to encourage physical and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Resource Center has a full time Regional Child Care Health Consultant Coach and Child Care Nurse Consultant position currently open. The position closes on August 28, 2020. Click here to view the position information.

The Summer 2020 newsletter is now available in Spanish. Please share with Spanish speaking early educators.

Governor Cooper signed an executive order on June 24 that included requirements for wearing of face covering. Two resources made available recently by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) are a Door Sign for Wearing Cloth Face Coverings (English, Spanish) and a How to Properly Use a Cloth Face Covering YouTube video.

The door signs have been updated as of June 16 and are available in English and Spanish. Please ensure that the most updated sign is posted at the entrance of the child care facility.

Guidance and poster updated 5/11/2020 to align with current NC Interim Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Guidance for Child Care Settings – updated 5/6/2020, which expands on the situations in which adults and children should wear cloth face coverings.