2026-2027 Springboard Opportunities to Advance Early Care and Education (ECE) Health Promotion Efforts What is the Healthy Kids, Healthy Future Technical Assistance Program (HKHF TAP)? HKHF TAP provides support to early care and education (ECE) organizations to integrate best practices and standards for healthy eating, physical activity, breastfeeding support, and reducing screen time in ECE […]
Farm to ECE Summits as Catalysts for Statewide Momentum Farm to Early Care and Education (ECE) Summits are state or regional gatherings that bring together ECE providers, farmers, food system partners, and agencies to strengthen Farm to ECE efforts. These convenings create shared space for learning, collaboration, and planning—helping states move from isolated activities to […]
2025-2026 Springboard Opportunities Offered by HKHF TAP for States to Advance Early Care and Education Work What is the Healthy Kids, Healthy Future: Technical Assistance Program (HKHF TAP)? HKHF TAP provides support to early care and education (ECE) organizations to integrate best practices and standards for healthy eating, physical activity, breastfeeding support, and reducing screen […]
Nemours Children’s Health and partners hosted a three-part webinar series to share new resources and training materials for Early Care and Education (ECE). These resources can be used by ECE professionals, trainers, and organizations to support healthy eating and physical activity in ECE programs. A description, recording, and presentation slides for each webinar is below. […]
With support from the Healthy Kids, Healthy Future Technical Assistance Program (HKHF TAP), Minus 9 to 5, the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore and local CACFP child care centers partnered on a food bank pilot purchasing project. Learn more >>
With support from the Healthy Kids, Healthy Future Technical Assistance Program (HKHF TAP), the Healthy Kids, Healthy Future Maine (HKHF Maine) team developed a virtual Farm to ECE pilot program to grow the Farm to ECE initiative and increase healthy eating and physical activity in Maine ECE settings. Learn more >>
With support from the Healthy Kids, Healthy Future Technical Assistance Program (HKHF TAP), Louisiana administered a grant program called Let’s Be Healthy to assist child care providers across the state in improving their outdoor learning environments (OLE). Learn more >>
Nemours Children’s Health hosted the 2023 Healthy Kids, Healthy Future Technical Assistance Program (HKHF TAP) Virtual Convening on June 6 and 7, 2023. The convening provided attendees the opportunity to connect, learn, and collaborate around healthy eating and physical activity in early care and education settings and systems. HKHF TAP activities are made possible with […]
Nemours Children’s Health and partners hosted a three-part webinar series to share new resources and training materials for Early Care and Education (ECE). These resources can be used by ECE professionals, trainers, and organizations to support healthy eating and physical activity in ECE programs. A description, recording, and presentation slides for each webinar is below. […]
With support from the Healthy Kids, Healthy Future Technical Assistance Program (HKHF TAP), Healthy Early and the Partnership for a Healthier America worked together to address COVID-19-related food access concerns of early child care providers through an innovative food access pilot, ‘Good Food for All’. Learn More »