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Child Care Work Group Goals
The purpose of the Child Care Work Group is to assist child care educators in early care and education settings provide safe environments in which children grow and thrive. Working primarily with children from birth to Kindergarten entry, child care educators are supported in creating policies and enacting processes based on best practices in nutrition and physical activity for young children. This is achieved by providing child care educators with access to training, technical assistance, model policies, and resources.
Goal Promote training offered by work group members’ initiatives to increase child care educator and early childhood stakeholder participation in nutrition and physical activity training by 10% annually through December 2024. |
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Goal Participate in the creation, planning and promotion of a Farm to Early Childhood Education DHSS task force by December 2024. |
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Goal Provide input to the Compliance Section at the DESE Office of Childhood in review of child care licensing regulations, once initiated by DESE, by December 2024. |
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Goal Engage other MOCAN work groups to promote at least one health-related issue (nutrition and physical activity) to child care settings and young children, when applicable, through December 2024. |
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