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Healthy Child Care Ohio
Overview Linda Lucas, R.N., M.S. Healthy Child
Care Coordinator Ohio Child Care Resource and
Referral Association
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Healthy Child Care America

• Families, child care providers and health care
  professionals can work together to promote
  healthy development
• Child care programs can provide access to
  comprehensive and coordinated health services

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Healthy Child Care Ohio

• Funded by Ohio Department of Health utilizing
• MCH Block Grant
• Child Care Development Fund (ODJFS)
• Part C of IDEA
• Coordinates a statewide Child Care Health
  Consultant network through a contract with the
  Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral Association
• RNs and RDs serve as Child Care Health
  Consultants

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Direct Service

• Trainings ODH specified or provider requested
  curricula
• Consultations sharing information and
  resources, coaching on health and safety issues
• Collaborations interactions with community
  agencies and pediatricians, participation in
  community and parent events

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Based on Best Practices

• Caring for Our Children National Health and
  Safety Performance Standards Guidelines for
  Out-of-Home Child Care, 2nd Edition
• Over 700 standards and recommendations regarding
  best health safety practices in child care
• Developed by the AAP, APHA, and the National
  Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child
  Care
• Available at http//nrc.uchsc.edu/CFOC/index.html
  

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Health and Safety Matters

• Child Care Health Consultants can help your
  program meet health and safety regulations
• Licensing compliance
• Serious Risk Noncompliance Rules
• Low Environment Rating Scale scores
• Policy Development

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Healthcare Networks Committees

• Pediatrician Consultant Network Formed May
  2006 with the assistance of the Ohio Chapter of
  the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
• Connects medical pediatricians to child care
  health consultants and child care professionals.
• Early Education and Child Care Committee
  Formed November 2007 by Ohio AAP.
• New committee focuses entirely on early
  education and child care

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HCCO Benefits

• Expertise of pediatric health professionals
• No cost to provider
• Child care professionals can earn ODJFS
  in-service hours, IACET CEUs
• Meet CACFP requirements
• ODE and SUTQ approved
• NAEYC Accreditation Emerging Criteria

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NAEYC Emerging Criterion 5.A.02

• Visits 2x per year and as needed OR 4x per year
  if infants and toddlers are in care
• Observes program practices
• Reviews and makes recommendations about practices
  and written health policies
• Addresses health and safety issues
• Specific nutritional consultation

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Additional Resources

• Healthy Child Care America http//www.healthychil
  dcare.org/
• National Resource Center for Health and Safety in
  Child Care
• http//nrc.uchsc.edu
• National Training Institute for Child Care Health
  Consultants
  http//www.sph.unc.edu/courses/childcare/index.htm
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• Healthy Child Care Consultant Network Support
  Center
  http//hcccnsc.edc.org/

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Healthy Child Care Ohio Child Care Health
ConsultantsLinda Work, R.N., B.S.N. Child Care
Health Consultant Toledo Childrens Hospital
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Child Care Health Consultants

• Registered Nurses representing nine agencies
• Serve all 88 counties in Ohio
• Promote health and safety in child care settings
  using Caring for Our Children

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Child Care Health Consultants

• Link families and child care providers to the
  health care community
• Offer consultation and technical assistance
  onsite, by phone or by email
• Provide training on topics related to health and
  safety
• Provide vision and hearing screenings

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Topics

• Training
• Medication administration for out-of-home child
  care
• Sanitary and safety practices
• Inclusion
• Becoming a certified vision screener
• ASQ and ASQSE user
• Nutrition topics
• Consultation
• Personalized training and support based on
  program needs

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Legal Reminders

• Ohio Nurse Practice Act
• Mandated Reporting
• Confidentiality

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Healthy Child Care Ohio Child Care Nutrition
ConsultantsNadiya Timperman, R.D., L.D., MS,
MPHChild Care Nutrition Consultant Action for
Children
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Child Care Nutrition Consultants

• Licensed, registered dietitians (RDs) from two
  agencies
• Serve seven counties including central Ohio
• Structured based on provider assessment

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Topics

• Training and consultation
• Meal planning
• Food safety
• Classroom nutrition activities
• Managing food allergies
• Special dietary needs

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Contact Us

• Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral Association
  (OCCRRA)
• www.occrra.org
• Click on the HCCO logo
• Click on the link for child care consultants
• Toll Free 1-877-547-6978

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Healthy Child Care Ohio
A Providers PerspectiveTiffany Crawford Center
Administrator Precious Jewels Child Care
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Precious Jewels Child Care

• SUTQ Emerging Star Program
• 21 children in full-time care
• 4 child care professionals
• 7-Day Adventist environment
• Mandatory vegetarian menu

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Precious Jewels Child Care

• Need HCCO assistance because
• No kitchen to cook food
• Food vendors provide meals (vegetarian)
• Not sure how to clean up after accidents
• Need assistance writing risk management
• and policy guides
• Applying for SUTQ Emerging Star

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How HCCO is Helping

• Child care nutrition consultant worked with Ohio
  Dept. of Health to determine requirements for
  food license
• Learned it was OK to use microwave w/o obtaining
  food license
• Created two-week rotating menu
• Maximized Child Adult Care Food Program
  reimbursement dollars
• Found another food vendor

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How HCCO is Helping

• Child Care Health Consultant meets with provider
  on-site to help write risk managementand policy
  guidelines
• Created procedures for cleaning up bathroom
  accidents
• Helps program remain in compliance w/ODJFS
• Provides guidance in obtaining SUTQ star rating

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Healthy Child Care Consultants

• Go ABOVE and BEYOND!

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