• Colorado.gov

For more information contact:

Child Health Program
303.692.2940

Qualistar Early Learning 303-339-6800

Healthy Child Care Colorado

Healthy Child Care Colorado is a program that provides consultation, technical assistance and training for providers of child care in Colorado to enhance their response to the health and safety needs of young children.

This program recognizes the need to integrate health prevention and promotion activities within the child care setting to assure high quality care and healthier children through a statewide network of health and safety nursing consultation and the development of training tools and resources.

Healthy Child Care Colorado is partially funded by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and is operated by Qualistar Early Learning.

The goals of the Healthy Child Care Colorado initiative are to provide:

• Safe and healthy child care environments for all children including those with special health needs
• Accessible immunizations
• Access to quality health, dental and developmental screenings and comprehensive follow-up as needed
• Health, nutrition and safety education for child care providers, children and their families

The following topics are PDF files.

• Part C and the role of the nurse

• Bloodborne pathogens - standards and policy model

• General health appraisal form
  Universal health form for early care and education settings

• Universal precautions training manual for child care providers - Updated March 2000

• Universal precautions overheads

• Colorado assessment of need for nursing consultation in child care centers

Qualistar Early Learning implements Healthy Child Care Colorado activities in partnership with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Child Health Program (CDPHE).

Below is a resource for links to government agencies and organizations dealing with children and child care issues.  

Qualistar Early Learning - Comprehensive information on early childhood care and education; including out of school time care, Head Start, and preschool.

Infectious disease in child care settings

Funding

The Healthy Child Care Colorado grant is funded through a partnership of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau and the Department of Health and Human Services.

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Division of Prevention and Intervention Services for Children and Youth
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South, A-4
Denver, CO 80246
E-mail:  cdphe.pscash@state.co.us