Good attendance leads to lifelong learning and positive habits necessary for school and work. When young children are chronically absent from Head Start, Early Head Start, or child care, often they are likely to continue to be chronically absent in elementary school.

New and experienced staff will find professional development tools to help keep children safe, healthy, and ready to learn.

Health managers can use these tools when engaging their health manager networks. Find materials discussing the benefits of these networks, as well as other resources to use in your daily work.

This section is designed for child care providers and health consultants. These resources can be used to help ensure safe, healthy, and high-quality settings for all children.

Watch this short webinar to learn about why the VEEC is important, who contributed to it, and to get a quick overview.

Health Services Advisory Committees (HSAC) help programs make decisions about health services. Use this kit to help plan, recruit, engage, and evaluate the work of the HSAC.

This webinar discusses challenging behaviors and how the environment can impact behavior. Learn strategies to better identify triggers and how to help children manage their emotions.

This webinar focuses on caregivers stress and wellness. Learn what wellness is and strategies to identify and reduce stress.

Caring for Our Children Basics (CFOC Basics) represents the minimum health and safety standards required in Head Start and child care programs, family child care homes, and other places children are cared for outside of their own home. These standards seek to reduce redundancy across requirements for programs with multiple funding streams.

Read this companion document to the Tool to Support Health Managers and Staff. Program directors, health managers, and health staff can use it to promote successful job performance and support career development.