Spotlight on Healthy Habits for Happy Smiles: Getting Fluoride for Your Child (more…)...
Health Resource Spotlight: Getting Fluoride for Your Child
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Feeding Guidelines for Infants and Young Toddlers: A Responsive Parenting Approach
Helping children develop good eating habits starts at infancy. New feeding guidelines have been released that can help caregivers know what and how best to feed infants and toddlers. These guidelines help make sure that children are getting enough, but no...
7 Ways YOU Can Help Us Improve Child Care in 2017
Advocacy is one of the most important and most underutilized tools we have to influence child care policy in the political system. And we need to work on that – fast! (more…)...
Congressman Tom Price Confirmed as Next Secretary of Health and Human Services
Late last night, the Senate confirmed Georgia Congressman, Tom Price, as Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) on a 52-47 party-line vote. Secretary Price will now oversee critical programs that support children and families including the Child Car...
January 2017 Child Care Provider of the Month – Kind Hearts Day Care
Arlington, VA – Child Care Aware® of America (CCAoA), National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), National Head Start Association (NHSA), and National Indian Child Care Association (NICCA) would like to congratulate Julie Hum...
Senate Confirms Betsy DeVos
Earlier today, the Senate confirmed President Trump's nominee for Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, on a 51-50 vote with Vice-President Pence casting the deciding vote. This is the first time a sitting Vice-President has had to vote to confirm a cabine...
January 2017 Footnotes
As we embark on 2017, we look forward to a new year and how we can make an impact during the first 100 days of the new administration. On child and family programs and policy we remain committed to ensure the new Administration and Congress are aware of t...
CCAoA Celebrates American Heart and Black History Months
Heart disease and strokes are the #1 killers of women in the United States Roughly every minute, another woman dies, according to the American Heart Association (AHA). Although heart disease affects women of all races and ethnicities, rates are especially...
Senators Introduce Bi-Partisan Legislation to Reform Child Care Tax Credits
Late last week, Senators Richard Burr (R-NC) and Angus King (I-ME) introduced the Promoting Affordable Care for Everyone (PACE) Act of 2017. The goal of the PACE Act is to make these tax credits more generous for working and low-income families and reflec...
Help Build Your Child’s Brain on National Opposite Day
National Opposite Day is observed every year on January 25. Many enjoy using this day to try to confuse others by saying and doing the opposite of what they really mean. Why not use this day to help build your child’s brain? By the age of five, your chi...
