Child Care Health Resource Library

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The Imagine Institute offers trainings for: 

• Licensed family child care providers (FCC)
• Family, friends, and neighbors (FFN)
• Substitute teachers
• Child care center directors and staff

All of the Imagine trainings are Washington state-approved and free. Cash incentives are offered for FCC and FFN providers. Trainings may be offered in Spanish and Somali--contact Imagine for more information.

Training topics include: 

• Anti-racist early childhood education
• Special needs
• STEM
• Strengthening business practices
• Child Care Basics 30-hour training
• CPR / First Aid
• and more

Tip: Webpage can be translated into Spanish

King County's Child Care Health Program presents a variety of nutrition videos which provide visual education and information for child care staff and families. Topics range from infant feeding to healthy meals and snacks following USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) guidelines, and much more.

Videos available in Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Mandarin), English, Somali and Spanish.

King County's Child Care Health Program presents refrigerator temperature logs to help child care providers ensure food safety and proper cold storage. 

These logs are available in Amharic, Arabic, Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Mandarin), English, Oromo, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese.

King County's Child Care Health Program presents guidance on preventing choking in young children during meals and snacks.

Downloadable material is available in Amharic, Arabic, Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Mandarin), English, Oromo, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese.

King County's Child Care Health Program presents guidelines for feeding infants and toddlers in multiple formats (PDF and Video).

Infant feeding guidelines one-pagers are translated into nine languages. 

Videos are available in English, Spanish, Mandarin / Simplified Chinese, and Cantonese / Traditional Chinese