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2025

Fall: What’s in Store for Child Care | Lo que nos depara el futuro en materia de cuidado infantil

  • Infant Toddler Corner
  • Outdoor Safe Storage Matters
  • Counting on Each Other
  • Medication Storage

Summer: Be Mindful of Meds | Preste atención a los medicamentos

  • It’s a New Season
  • Is It Medicine?
  • Check Your Policies
  • Children with Special Health Care Needs

Spring: The Product Safety Dance | Hablemos de la seguridad de los productos

  • FDA’s Role in Product Safety
  • Infant Toddler Corner
  • Information Overload
  • Counting on Each Other

Winter: Winter, Water, & Safety | El invierno, el agua y la seguridad

  • Recovery is a Process
  • Water and Environmental Health
  • Training and Technical Assistance
  • Children’s Water Activities
  • Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies (IYCF-E)

2024

Fall: Take Action – Vaccine Preventable Diseases | Tome medidas – Enfermedades prevenibles mediante vacunación

  • Vaccines for Children
  • Keeping an Eye on Outbreaks
  • Stay up to date – Stay away from Violations!
  • Vaccines for Adults

Summer: Inclusion: Communicating with Care | Inclusión: la comunicación cuidadosa

  • Include Me Please
  • Communicating with Families
  • Communicating with Data

Spring: Connecting the Dots | Formación de relaciones

  • DCDEE and CCHC – A Health and Safety Team
  • There is no “I” in Team
  • Connecting Training and Technical Assistance
  • Assessments: Partnering with NCRLAP
  • Caring Enough to Inform

Winter: It’s the Little Things: Preventing Food Borne Illness in Child Care | Son los detalles. Prevención de enfermedades transmitidas por alimentos en ambientes de cuidado infantil

  • Why We Do What We Do
  • Don’t Touch That
  • Child Care Health Consultant (CCHC) Support
  • Resources and Activities

Archived Health and Safety Newsletters

Fall: Equipping Early Educators | Equipamiento de los educadores de temprana edad

  • Sanitation Changes
  • Help! I Need Training and Resources
  • Training Across the State

Summer: All Creatures Great and Small | Todas las criaturas grandes y pequeñas 

  • Outdoor Pests
  • Indoor Critters – Beware
  • Pet Patrol and Animal Control
  • Store it Safely

Spring: Handle with Care: Safety First | Trátelos con cuidado – Seguridad ante todo 

  • Shaken Baby Syndrome in Child Care
  • Preventing Nursemaid’s Elbow in Children
  • Write It and Report It: Incidents in Child Care
  • Training and Technical Assistance

Winter: Breathe Easy – Breathe Better | Respira más fácilmente ­– Respira mejor  

    • What’s in the Air Around Me?
    • The Air in There
    • A Breath of Fresh Air
    • Health and Safety Trainings

Fall: Prepare and Prevent | Preparar y prevenir

  • Annual Immunization Report
  • Safe Sleep for Infants
  • Actions to Prevent Accidents
  • Assessment – A Helpful Tool
  • Keep Children Safe from Radon Gas
  • Children’s Activities

Summer: Caution: Children Eat Here | Precaución – Los niños comen aquí

  • COVID-19 Vaccines for Children
  • A Cause for Caution
  • Cautious Considerations
  • Enteral Feeding Tubes
  • Children’s Activities

Spring: An Eye on Allergies | Hablemos de las alergias

  • Take Action for Reactions
  • COVID -19 
  • Record Keeping and Documentation
  • Children’s Activities

Winter: All Children Welcome Here | ATodos los niños son bienvenidos aquí 

  • What are Special Health Care Needs?
  • Accessible Child Care
  • Supporting Children with Special Health Care Needs
  • Inclusive Play – Children’s Activities
  • COVID-19 in North Carolina – Where are We Now?