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The Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition maintains a list of child care providers across our state who have been designated as breastfeeding friendly.

Breastfeeding Friendly Childcare Designation Recipients Altoona Cindy Wickham’s DC Home Chanute Kidzville Chapman Stepping Stones Daycare Dodge City Joy! Child Development Center Ellsworth Ellsworth Child Care & Learning Center Emporia Special Blessings Child Care Garden City

Business Support Center How Businesses Can Support Employees’ Child Care Needs Why You Should Consider Child Care Solutions for Your Employees “Businesses lose $23 billion annually because of lost revenue or hiring costs caused by losing working parents over insufficient care.”

The dining table in your child care program is an opportunity for so many positive interactions from practicing social cues through conversation, to trying new foods, to children learning responsibility with a job like setting the

Sleeping can be a high-risk activity, especially for children under the age of one year – even more so if careful attention is not paid to the sleeping environment.

Mealtime creates plenty of wonderful opportunities to provide children with education and social-emotional development.

Strengthening ECE systems for health takes time, but we have identified a few key strategies to help state and local leaders get

Helpful Resources for Providers Every day, we hear from providers like you. In fact, Child Care Aware of Kansas is connected with 98% percent of licensed child care providers in the state. We design our programs and resources based on what providers tell us they need. Check out the links

Family Resources Your child means the world to you, and you do all you can to make sure they have what they need to be healthy and happy. Child care is a big part of their learning and growth. Don’t rely on Google to give you the best options. Start with us for free information

By Georgia Thompson, Senior Program & Policy Analyst, Nemours and Rebekah Duchette, Senior State Systems Specialist, Nemours for the Summer 2021 Issue of Kansas Child Magazine. Just as young children need supportive relationships as they grow and develop, adults also benefit from