Child Care

In 2011, CFs supported the work of the Child Care Connection to increase the knowledge base of staff at five (5) family child care centers and five (5) family child care home providers about obesity prevention Training sessions were held for 66 staff at the centers and family child care provider locations, 26 technical assistance visits to the centers and homes were conducted and materials were purchased and shared which resulted in quality improvements in nutrition-related practices (serving more fresh foods, limiting high fat and high sugar foods, limiting TV viewing and increasing physical activities) impacting 278 children. In addition, Classroom assessments were conducted for the purpose of making recommendations for quality improvements using the Environmental Rating Scales (ERS). A total of 24 technical assistance visits were conducted to implement quality improvements and six (6) training sessions were conducted which resulted in improvements in curriculum, developmentally appropriate practices, classroom schedules, and room arrangement impacting 135 children.