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The Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition maintains a list of child care providers across our state who have been designated as breastfeeding friendly.

Breastfeeding Friendly Childcare Designation Recipients Altoona Cindy Wickham’s DC Home Chanute Kidzville Chapman Stepping Stones Daycare Dodge City Joy! Child Development Center Ellsworth Ellsworth Child Care & Learning Center Emporia Special Blessings Child Care Garden City

The dining table in your child care program is an opportunity for so many positive interactions from practicing social cues through conversation, to trying new foods, to children learning responsibility with a job like setting the

Sleeping can be a high-risk activity, especially for children under the age of one year – even more so if careful attention is not paid to the sleeping environment.

Mealtime creates plenty of wonderful opportunities to provide children with education and social-emotional development.

Strengthening ECE systems for health takes time, but we have identified a few key strategies to help state and local leaders get

Quality Improvement Every day, you serve as a teacher, a counselor, a caregiver, a referee, a janitor, a reading specialist, a business manager, and any other role the moment demands of you. You do your best to create a safe, healthy, and enriching place for kids to learn and grow. But

Helpful Resources for Providers Every day, we hear from providers like you. In fact, Child Care Aware of Kansas is connected with 98% percent of licensed child care providers in the state. We design our programs and resources based on what providers tell us they need. Check out the links

Business & Administration Support You chose this line of work because you love kids. But you also need to care for yourself and your family. After being with kids all day, you probably don’t have enough time to manage your books, recruit new clients, build relationships with

Family Resources Your child means the world to you, and you do all you can to make sure they have what they need to be healthy and happy. Child care is a big part of their learning and growth. Don’t rely on Google to give you the best options. Start with us for free information

By Georgia Thompson, Senior Program & Policy Analyst, Nemours and Rebekah Duchette, Senior State Systems Specialist, Nemours for the Summer 2021 Issue of Kansas Child Magazine. Just as young children need supportive relationships as they grow and develop, adults also benefit from