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What is Eco-Healthy Child What is Eco-Healthy Child Care?Care?
EHCC is a National Program administered through Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN) which offers comprehensive environmental health standards to child care providers
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What is Eco-Healthy Child What is Eco-Healthy Child Care?Care?
• Protects children and their caregivers from harmful environmental toxins
• Offers free or low-cost solutions to providers that are easy to implement
• Provides resources, technical assistance and training to providers
• Markets EHCC-endorsed facilities
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11 Training Areas11 Training Areas
• Pest Control• Lead• Mercury• Furniture &
Carpets• Art Supplies• Plastics
• Radon• Playground
Equipment• Household
Chemicals• Garbage &
Recycling
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New York StateNew York State
•98% of Child Care Providers are Women
•1,428,054 Women in New York State in search of child care
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What should I look for? What should I look for?
EHCC endorsed facility•11 training areas•Comply with 24 out of 30
items on EHCC ChecklistOR
A provider or center with a willingness to learn & become Eco-Healthy!
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How EHCC Works:How EHCC Works:
• www.ecohealthychildcare.org or www.cehn.org/ehcc
• Materials free on the Webo 16 fact sheets*o Center endorsement checklisto Spanish, Russian and traditional
Chinese
• Facilities meeting requirements are endorsed by EHCC for 2 years
• Parents search for EHCC-endorsed centers on CEHN website
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What Providers receive What Providers receive forforEHCC Endorsement :EHCC Endorsement :• Certificate• Poster• Posting on our Web site so parents
can locate EHCC centers in their area
• Marketing benefits through EHCC Website and media stories
• Eco-Healthy tips by e-mail• Additional educational materials• Reduced toxics at their facilities!
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Eco-Healthy Child CareEco-Healthy Child Care
• Child Care Council, Inc. • Who we are and what we do• 2011 Received NYSP2I
Community Grant• 2012 EPA with CHNY
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For More Information:For More Information:
• Child Care Council www.childcarecouncil.comKate McArdle [email protected] 585- 654-1286
• CEHN www.cehn.orgCarol Stroebel [email protected]