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Early care and education settings are great places to establish healthy physical activity and eating habits. Find out what you can do to promote active play and healthy eating for the children in your care!

Making Healthy Living Easier for Young Children  Child Care Aware® of North Dakota was recently praised by the CDC for our work in promoting healthy living for children. Congratulations to our early childhood consultants, Cassie Beise, Tasha Lind and Shannon Brown for their work with the Let’s Explore Active Play & Healthy Living project that was offered in Bismarck/Mandan, Jamestown, and Valley City last year.

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Breastfeeding Resources Breastfeeding has health benefits for babies and mothers. Learn the facts from the North Dakota Department of Heath. You can also find a sample breastfeeding policy for your program on our website.

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Active Play and Healthy Eating Companion Guides Take a look at our brand new companion guides to the North Dakota Early Learning Guidelines!

News + Happenings

County Profiles  Curious about the going rate for child care in your area? Get your questions answered with our newly published County Profiles. We contacted over 1,400 licensed child care programs to gather current data, and now we can share it with you!  Have questions about e-Learning? We've created helpful tip sheets and short video tutorials to help you become a confident and competent user of our new e-Learning, available at our Training Help Desk!

Take our Salary Survey! Child Care Aware® is conducting a Salary Survey for child care facility staff in North Dakota. Please take the time to complete the survey and be entered in a drawing to win a $100 Kaplan gift certificate!  Updates to referrals In the past, providers could request that their name not be referred to families searching for care. Because of new federal law, this is no longer an option. Our Parent Services staff can work with you add language to your record to help families understand your preferences or answer questions about this required change.

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