Eco-Healthy Child Care® Partners with U.S. General Services Administration, Children's Creative Learning Centers, & Bright Horizons Family Solutions

November, 2012     

     Involvement in the national Eco-Healthy Child Care® (EHCC) program is a growing trend among family child care providers and center-based providers, as well as local and national child care associations.
     Since 2008, both Childrens' Creative Learning Centers (CCLC) and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) have supported their more than 100 facilities in becoming Eco-Healthy. Most recently, the EHCC program is working with Bright Horizons Family Solutions to encourage their 800+ child care centers (nationally and internationally based) to attain EHCC endorsement.

The Child Development Labs are Going Green

November 8, 2010

The University’s Child Development Laboratories are now one of four Eco-Healthy Child Care^® centers in the state of Connecticut.

Eco-Healthy Child Care® is a national program that encourages child care settings to be as healthy, safe, and green as possible by reducing children’s exposure to toxic substances. Click here for  full article.

First-Ever National Eco-Healthy Child Care® Program Launches to Protect Children in Child Care

October 5, 2010

The Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN) today launches its national Eco-Healthy Child Care® program (EHCC), which encourages healthier child-care settings by training child-care providers to protect children and staff from harmful chemical exposures—from Bisphenol-A in plastic food containers, PVC in toys, and formaldehyde in commonly-used furniture to lead and mercury—with free or low-cost alternatives that are easy to implement. Click here for full article.