Led by Nemours Children’s Health, Healthy Kids, Healthy Future is a national effort to promote healthy eating and physical activity in child care. We partner with national and state organizations to embed best practices in early care and education (ECE) settings and systems. Nemours develops, implements, and shares resources for ECE professionals to create healthier environments for young children. Healthy Kids, Healthy Future continues the momentum started by Let’s Move! Child Care launched in 2011 as part of Former First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! initiative to prevent childhood obesity.

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March 22, 2018April 26, 2018

CWLA National Conference (Apr 26-29)

The 2018 Child Welfare League of America National Conference, Advancing Excellence in Practice & Policy: Building Resilience in Changing Times, will highlight how organizations are advancing excellence in child and family services in changing times. Conference presentations will feature evidence-informed/evidence-based programs, practices and related policies and tools that lead to the successful implementation of the… Continue Reading CWLA National Conference (Apr 26-29)

June 1, 2015June 1, 2015

North Carolina’s 10 Steps to Support Breastfeeding

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Public Health (DPH) launched its first Breastfeeding-Friendly Child Care Designations, awarding distinctions to eight child care facilities for implementing steps from The Ten Steps to Breastfeeding-Friendly Child Care. Continue Reading North Carolina’s 10 Steps to Support Breastfeeding