External Resources

Childcare Guidance/Policy

• National Guidance and Resources
  Nongovernmental Organizations
  • National Association for Regulatory Administration 2017 Child Care Licensing Study pdf icon[PDF - 7.87MB]external icon
    • Provides information about child care licensing programs and policies and the regulations for child care centers, small family child care homes, and large/group family child care homes across the United States
  • National Resource Center’s Caring for Our Children
    • Online database of early care and education standardsexternal icon
    • Environmental site audit standardexternal icon
  • Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN)external icon
    The Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN) is a national multi-disciplinary organization whose mission is to protect the developing child from environmental health hazards and promote a healthier environment.
    • Eco-Healthy Child Care’s Protecting Children’s Environmental Health E-Courseexternal icon
  • Child Care Awareexternal icon
    Child care data by state
  • Environmental Law Institute, Federal, State, and Local Policies Addressing Chemical Emissions from Dry Cleaners: Opportunities for Reducing Exposure at Child Care Facilitiesexternal icon report.
    • The report describes some of the federal, state, and local laws and regulations that have been established to reduce the potential health risks posed by the use of perchloroethylene (perc or PCE) at dry cleaners, with a focus on policies that can help reduce exposures at nearby child care facilities and other sensitive land uses.
  Federal Resources
  • Administration for Children and Families: Administration for Children & Familiesexternal icon
    Learn about the Administration for Children and Families, Office of Child Care and obtain resources available from their website.
    • Child Care Development Fund Block Grantexternal icon
    • Caring for our Children Basics: Health and Safety Foundations for Early Care and Educationexternal icon
    • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Joint Policy Statement on Coordinated Efficiencies in Monitoring and Oversight of Early Care and Education Programsexternal icon
    • Coordinated Monitoring Systems for Early Care and Education pdf icon[PDF - 1.24 MB]external icon
      Provides an overview of monitoring and the major early care and education monitoring systems. It offers possible goals for a coordinated monitoring system and describes some approaches to addressing those goals. It also describes 11 topic areas that are important to consider in planning monitoring coordination efforts and highlights the efforts of two states, Ohio and Rhode Island, which are working to coordinate their early care and education systems.
    • Mapping the Early Care and Education Monitoring Landscapeexternal icon
      Provides tools to help state and territory leaders document ECE monitoring systems, so they can more effectively plan strategies to coordinate monitoring across various regulations. The tool provides a framework and considerations to support discussions and planning of coordinated monitoring efforts.
    • National Database of Child Care Licensing Regulationsexternal icon
      A tool for finding and searching state and territory licensing regulations and agency contact information
    • Early Childhood Training and Technical Assistance Systemexternal icon
      Data explorer tool that allows the user to search for early care and education data by state
  • Department of Defense Unified Facilities Criteria Design: Child Development Centers pdf icon[PDF - 1.27 MB]external icon
  • General Services Administration: Child Care Design Guideexternal icon
  • EPA: Environmental Protection Agency
    • Brownfieldsexternal icon
      Learn about EPA’s work assessing, cleaning up, and reusing contaminated properties
    • EnviroAtlasexternal icon
      Use interactive tools and resources to explore the benefits people receive from nature — or “ecosystem goods and services”
    • School Siting Guidelines Overviewexternal icon
    • School Siting Guidelines Document pdf icon[PDF - 2.45 MB]external icon
    • Best Practices for Reducing Near-Road Air Pollution Exposure at Schoolsexternal icon
• State Guidance Forms
  • State Policy Review
    • Environmental Law Institute: Environmental Exposures in Child Care Facilities, A Review of State Policyexternal icon
      Learn about state policies that deal with reducing environmental exposures in child care facilities
    • Addressing Environmental site Hazards at Child Care Facilitiesexternal icon
  • Connecticut
    • SAFER Programexternal icon
    • Property History Questionnaire for Child Care Center and Group Child Care Home Applicants pdf icon[PDF - 409 KB]external icon
    • Environmental Issues Referral Form For Daycare Center Inspection pdf icon[PDF - 28.8 KB]external icon
  • New Jersey
    • Madden Legislation pdf icon[PDF - 63.7 KB]external icon
      The Madden Legislation was passed to ensure that no contamination remains at a site before a child care center or education facility is constructed
    • Environmental Guidance for All Child Care Facilities and Educational Facilitiesexternal icon
      Get the facts about New Jersey’s environmental requirements for child care centers
  • New York
    • Starting a Child Care Programexternal icon
    • Guidance from the New York State Office of Children and Family Servicesexternal icon
    • Resources from the NYS Office of Children and Family Servicesexternal icon
      Check out relevant forms related to child care centers