External Resources – Complete List

• National Association for Regulatory Administration 2017 Child Care Licensing Study [PDF – 7.87MB]
  • 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 standards
  • Environmental site audit standard
• Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN)
  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-Course
• Child Care Aware
  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 Facilities 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 & Families
  Learn about the Administration for Children and Families, Office of Child Care and obtain resources available from their website.
  • Child Care Development Fund Block Grant
  • Caring for our Children Basics: Health and Safety Foundations for Early Care and Education
  • 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 Programs
  • Coordinated Monitoring Systems for Early Care and Education [PDF – 1.24 MB]
    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 Landscape
    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 Regulations
    A tool for finding and searching state and territory licensing regulations and agency contact information
  • Early Childhood Training and Technical Assistance System
    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 – 1.27 MB]
• General Services Administration: Child Care Design Guide
• EPA: Environmental Protection Agency
  • Brownfields
    Learn about EPA’s work assessing, cleaning up, and reusing contaminated properties
  • EnviroAtlas
    Use interactive tools and resources to explore the benefits people receive from nature — or “ecosystem goods and services”
  • School Siting Guidelines Overview
  • School Siting Guidelines Document [PDF – 2.45 MB]
  • Best Practices for Reducing Near-Road Air Pollution Exposure at Schools

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • Superfund: National Priorities List (NPL)
    Consult the current list of Superfund sites
  • EJSCREEN
    Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool
  • TRI Data and Tools
    Learn about the TRI program, which tracks the management of harmful toxic chemicals
  • Radon Zone Maps
  • Envirofacts
    Use this search engine for information, data, and resources regarding environmental health
• US Army Corps of Engineers: Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) Geographic Information System (GIS)
  Use an interactive map with the data from the Defense Environmental Restoration Program Annual Report to Congress
• ESRI Data and Maps
  Access open source topographic maps and rooftop aerials
• Administration for Children and Families: Data explorer for state profiles
• AirNow.gov home page with forecast
• 2011 National Air Toxics Assessment
  Cancer and respiratory risk based on emissions data

• United States Census Bureau: American Factfinder
  Search American Housing Survey data
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network
  Check out integrated health, exposure, and hazard data from national, state, and city sources
• Environmental Concerns at Child Care Facilities

• National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education: Voluntary Standards for Water Supplies and Plumbing
• Environmental Law Institute: Drinking Water Quality in Child Care Facilities – A Review of State Policy [PDF – 1 MB]
• Environmental Working Group (EWG) Tap Water Database
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • 3Ts for Reducing Lead in Drinking Water in Schools and Child Care Facilities
    This interactive website includes modules, customizable templates, and tools to help schools and child care facilities implement their lead testing programs.
  • Drinking Water Contaminants: Standards and Regulations
  • Annual Water System Quality: Consumer Confidence Report
  • Lead in drinking water at schools and childcare facilities tools and resources
  • Drinking Water Best Management Practices for Schools and Child Care Facilities Served by Municipal Water Systems
    Learn how child care centers using municipal water systems can ensure drinking water is safe

• American Academy of Pediatrics: Drinking Water from Private Wells and Risks to Children — Appendix 1: Flowchart for Testing Well Water [PDF – 362 KB]
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Drinking Water Best Management Practices for Schools and Child Care Facilities with Their Own Drinking Water Source
  Learn how child care centers with their own water source can comply with public water system regulations