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Children Should Be Safe in Child Care
Child Care Aware® of America (formerly the National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies, NACCRRA), has released a new research paper, “Why Aren’t We Outraged? Children Dying in...
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Joshua’s Story
Joshua Minton’s parents did what many parents do when looking for child care. They asked family, friends and neighbors for recommendations. They selected a provider for their son Joshua. They didn’t...
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Child Care Inspections Promote Children’s Safety
In a Pennsylvania child care setting, 17-month-old Warren died in an outdated and unsafe crib that trapped his head in a corner. Sadly, an inspection could have made a difference — potentially saving...
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Child Care Training Matters!
Playground accidents happen, just ask any parent. A scraped elbow, a scraped knee, but on September 9, 19-month-old Faith Phillips died from injuries she sustained just a few days before at a...
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Progress Toward Quality Child Care
The Year in Review Child Care Aware®of America’s quality child care campaign kicks off another year today on the journey for affordable, safe, quality child care for all children. How are we doing?...
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Affordable, Quality Child Care Campaign
Child Care Aware® of America’s Affordable, Quality Child Care Campaign We’re building a nationwide movement, a campaign to expand access to affordable, quality child care. Every week, nearly 11...
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Virginia Needs an Overhaul of State Child Care Laws
A front page Washington Post story on Sunday, March 10, “After a baby’s death, a Virginia mother fights for stronger child care standards,” shared the tragic story of 3-month-old Camden Lafkin’s death...
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New HHS Rules Promoting Children’s Health & Safety in Child Care
This past week, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, held a press conference at an early learning center in Washington, D.C. to announce new rules to...
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Learning from the Military Child Care System
It’s Memorial Day Weekend and a time to celebrate and remember those who died in service to our country – over a million men and women who have died since the Civil War protecting our people and...
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