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The Importance of Sleep for Health

March 8, 2023 | By Child Care Aware of Kansas
Importance of Sleep, young child sleeping

The Importance of Sleep March 17, 2023 is not just a day to wear green!  It’s also a nationally recognized day to acknowledge the many health benefits of sleep. How Does Sleep Impact Children? Sleep is a critical component of health for children.  The amount of sleep a child

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Preparing for Severe Weather and Tornado Season

March 2, 2023 | By Child Care Aware of Kansas
Preparing for Severe Weather Dramatic thunderstorm cumulonimbus cloud with lightning over a field in Kansas. Weather and climate concept.

Preparing for Severe Weather in Kansas As severe weather season approaches us in Kansas, there are some simple steps you can take to prepare yourself, your family, and the children you care for, to keep them safe. Children are physically and emotionally dependent on their caregivers and

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Black History is American History

February 16, 2023 | By Child Care Aware of Kansas
Black History

Black History Month Black History Month is far too often treated as a drive by cultural experience, especially in our nation’s classrooms. We “try on” the culture for the month (in some cases a couple of days out of the month) and then go back to business as usual. Black history

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Providing Quality Child Care in Kansas

February 9, 2023 | By Child Care Aware of Kansas
Quality Child Care in Kansas

Originally published in the Winter 2023 issue of Kansas Child Magazine.  What is Quality Child Care? Child care professionals often define quality child care as offering a safe, educational, nurturing atmosphere in a language-rich environment that helps children develop socially,

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How Program Administration Makes Providers’ Jobs Easier

February 7, 2023 | By Child Care Aware of Kansas
Program Administration Child Care

Originally published in the Winter 2023 issue of Kansas Child Magazine.  Program Administration Makes Child Care Provider’ Jobs Easier Everyone needs support from other people, including child care providers. You likely get support from your community, your family and friends,

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The Benefits of Toothbrushing in Early Childhood Education 

February 7, 2023 | By Child Care Aware of Kansas
Benefits of Toothbrushing

The Benefits of Toothbrushing February is National Children’s Dental Health Month! This is the perfect time to fine tune your efforts towards ensuring that the children in your care maintain proper oral hygiene. Did you know that cavities are one of the most common chronic diseases of

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How to Become a Child Care Provider

February 3, 2023 | By Child Care Aware of Kansas
Become a Child Care Provider

Originally published in the Winter 2023 issue of Kansas Child Magazine.  Child Care Aware of Kansas Has You Covered! Considering child care as a career opportunity can be overwhelming, but never fear! Child Care Aware of Kansas has you covered! Our child care health consultants are ready

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How Family Child Care Providers Can Become Advocates

January 24, 2023 | By Desiree Donovan
providers can become advocates

Originally published in the Winter 2023 issue of Kansas Child Magazine.  As providers, we are often encouraged to advocate and become involved in issues that affect the children and families we serve. For a busy family child care provider, what does that look like exactly? When I started

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Tax Benefits for Families and Child Care Providers

January 18, 2023 | By Child Care Aware of Kansas
Tax Benefits Child Care. background, no people

Source: Tips for Taxes: A Tip Sheet for CCR&R’s on 2022 Child Care Taxes, Child Care Aware of America. Below, find a listing of key tax breaks and credits, along with a brief description, that families and/or child care providers may be able to take advantage of. Tax Benefits

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National Healthy Weight Week

January 3, 2023 | By Child Care Aware of Kansas
National Healthy Weight Week

By Mary Daniels, Child Care Health Consultant, Child Care Aware of Kansas. A New year often brings resolutions for weight loss and healthier lifestyles. For many, this is a recurring goal that we work toward yearly, and it is an important goal! National Healthy Weight Week was designated

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How to Support Children with Birth Defects

January 3, 2023 | By Child Care Aware of Kansas
birth defect awareness month. Doctor holding a blue and pink ribbon.

By Erica Goldsby and Jessica Strawn, Child Care Health Consultant Nurses, Child Care Aware of Kansas. January is National Birth Defects Awareness Month. Child care providers have a unique opportunity to play a critical role in preventing and early identification of birth defects. As a

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How 2Gen Approaches Support Family Well-Being

December 5, 2022 | By Child Care Aware of Kansas
Where 2Gen Approaches Meet Families

Over the past few years, the impact of COVID and record inflation rates — combined with systemic inequities and fragmented systems — have exacerbated stress and instability for children, parents, and caregivers.

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Fight Illness Spread During This Flu Season 

December 1, 2022 | By Child Care Aware of Kansas
illness prevention in childcare. Sick child being cared for by caregiver.

By Erica Goldsby and Jessica Strawn, Child Care Health Consultant Nurses, Child Care Aware of Kansas. Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and Children’s Hospital Association (CHA) asked the Biden administration to declare an emergency to support a national response to the alarming surge of

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Empower and Support Families by Earning Their Trust

November 22, 2022 | By Child Care Aware of Kansas
Support Families

Impactful support requires intentional and authentic family engagement practices. By Dr. Carla Whiteside-Hicks, Director of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and Early Childhood Programs, Kansas Department for Children and Families. Originally published in the Fall 2022 issue of

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More People Now Qualify for Child Care Assistance

November 15, 2022 | By Child Care Aware of Kansas
Funding Impacts Child Care. Child Care Assistance

By Nichelle Adams, Early Education and Child Care Services Manager, Kansas Department for Children and Families. Originally published in the Fall 2022 issue of Kansas Child Magazine. To be initially eligible for Child Care Assistance, a family of four can make nearly 70,000 a year. Many

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En Tu Esquina: 1-800-Children

November 14, 2022 | By Child Care Aware of Kansas

Por Stephanie Boone, supervisora estatal de información y referencias, Kansas Children’s Service League (KCSL). Publicado originalmente en la edición de otoño de Kansas Child Magazine. Un nino cambian tu vida. Yo pienso que todos podemos estar de acuerdo, cuando un nino entra en

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La Liga de Servicio Infantil de Kansas

November 14, 2022 | By Child Care Aware of Kansas

By Pam Noble, Subdirectora de los programas de Prevención del Abuso Infantil en Kansas, La Liga de Servicio Infantil de Kansas. Publicado originalmente en la edición de otoño de 2023 de Kansas Child Magazine. Kansas Children’s Service League (KCSL) Kansas Children’s Service

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RSV Prevention in Your Program

November 8, 2022 | By Child Care Aware of Kansas
RSV Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)

By Erica Goldsby and Jessica Strawn, Child Care Health Consultant Nurses, Child Care Aware of Kansas. RSV Prevention in Your Program and How CCHC Can Help While seasonal illnesses are not new, this year there seems to be an unusually high spread of RSV and other diseases. You may have

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American Rescue Plan (ARP) Child Care Stabilization Funds Impacts Kansas Children

October 28, 2022 | By Child Care Aware of Kansas
Funding Impacts Child Care. Child Care Assistance

Source: ARP Child Care Stabilization Funding State Fact Sheets | The Administration for Children and Families (hhs.gov) The Administration for Children and Families released new data showing that child care stabilization funds provided in the American Rescue Plan (ARP) have served

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Child Care Subsidies Matter

October 26, 2022 | By Child Care Aware of Kansas
Child Care Subsidies Matter

By Reann Parker, Director, Oak Grove School and Katrina DeClue, Links to Quality Community Consultant, Child Care Aware of Kansas. Originally published in the Fall 2022 issue of Kansas Child Magazine. I recently sat down with Reann Parker, director of Oak Grove School in Manhattan,

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Health, Safety, & Wellness

National Epilepsy Awareness Month 

October 26, 2022 | By Child Care Aware of Kansas
Epilepsy Awareness Childs Hands Holding Purple Hearts

By Erica Goldsby and Jessica Strawn, Child Care Health Consultant Nurses, Child Care Aware of Kansas. November is National Epilepsy Awareness Month. According to the Epilepsy Foundation, epilepsy is the fourth most common neurological disorder in the world. People with epilepsy have

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Keeping a Smoke-Free Environment

October 26, 2022 | By Child Care Aware of Kansas
No Smoking Sign on Playground

By Erica Goldsby and Jessica Strawn, Child Care Health Consultant Nurses, Child Care Aware of Kansas. November 19th is the Great American Smokeout. Thousands across the country will begin their journey to quit smoking on this day. Tobacco use can come in many forms, including cigarettes,

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Keeping Sleep Safe  

October 3, 2022 | By Child Care Aware of Kansas
Keeping Sleep Safe

By: Erica McGinley & Jessica Strawn, Child Care Aware of Kansas, Child Care Nurse Consultants. Nap or rest time should be peaceful for children and their caregivers.  However, it’s not a completely carefree part of the daily schedule.  Sleeping can be a high-risk activity,

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Child Care Provider Programs

September 14, 2022 | By Child Care Aware of Kansas

Child Care Health Consultant Network The Child Care Health Consultant Network is grounded in the belief that consistent statewide child care health consultation services positively impact the quality of care children receive in early care and education/child care settings.  When early

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How Stretch Your Child Care Program Budget

September 2, 2022 | By Child Care Aware of Kansas
How to Stretch the Budget for Your Child Care Business

By Susan Pearson, Early Care and Education Specialist, Child Care Aware of Kansas. Stretch Your Child Care Budget Temporarily As a business owner, you rely on money to keep your expenses covered and your doors open. Ideally, you would always make a profit too. Like other businesses, your

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Become a CACFP Provider

September 2, 2022 | By Child Care Aware of Kansas
Become a CACFP Provider

By Jill Ladd, Assistant Director, Child Nutrition & Wellness, Kansas State Department of Education. Originally published in the Summer 2022 Issue of Kansas Child Magazine. The Data Did you know that children in child care receive an average 40% of their daily calories while in the

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Strengthen Your Food Program

August 31, 2022 | By Child Care Aware of Kansas
Food Program

By: Erica McGinley & Jessica Strawn, CCHC Nurse Consultants  For children enrolled in fulltime care, the majority of their day is spent with you, their childcare provider. This also means they eat most of their meals and snacks with you. Mealtime creates plenty of wonderful

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Using Proven Early Childhood Interventions to Combat ACES

August 18, 2022 | By Child Care Aware of Kansas
Early Childhood Interventions

David Jordan, President, United Methodist Health Ministry Fund (Health Fund). Originally published in the Summer 2022 Issue of Kansas Child Magazine. Using Proven Early Childhood Interventions to Combat ACES It’s true what they say: children don’t come with an instruction manual.

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Recognizing Monkeypox in Early Childcare

August 8, 2022 | By Child Care Aware of Kansas
Monkeypox written newspaper

By Erica McGinley and Jessica Strawn, Child Care Nurse Consultants, Child Care Aware of Kansas. World Health Organization declared Monkeypox to be a Public Health Emergency On July 23rd, the World Health Organization declared Monkeypox to be a Public Health Emergency. Shortly following

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Mental Health Tips for Child Care Professionals

August 2, 2022 | By Child Care Aware of Kansas
Mental Health Tips for Child Care Professionals

Erica McGinley, Child Care Nurse Consultant, Child Care Aware of Kansas. Originally published in the Summer 2022 Issue of Kansas Child Magazine. What’s the last thing you did simply because you enjoyed it? If it’s hard to answer this question, you’re not alone. Child care providers

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Improve Safety in Child Care

August 2, 2022 | By Child Care Aware of Kansas

Easy Ways to Improve Safety in Child Care Settings By Kathy Attar, Program Manager, Eco-Healthy Child Care®, Children’s Environmental Health Network. Originally published in the Summer 2022 Issue of Kansas Child Magazine. Unfortunately, our everyday environments, including child care

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