Child Care Health Resource Library

King County's Child Care Health Program presents a guide for cleaning, sanitizing, and disinfecting toys to reduce the spread of germs in child care settings.

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 emergency preparedness resources and guidance on creating emergency plans and practicing drills.

King County's Child Care Health Program presents a checklist of emergency supplies to help child care providers prepare for disasters and unexpected events.

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 an Incidence/Injury Log form to help child care providers document accidents, injuries, and health-related incidents.

Downloadable material is available in Amharic, Arabic, English, Russian, Somali, Spanish and Ukrainian, 

King County's Child Care Health Program presents a checklist to help child care providers prevent accidental poisonings in early learning environments.

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 essential information on measles prevention and response in child care settings. The webpage includes symptoms, vaccination guidance, and protocols for managing exposure to protect children's health.

King County's Child Care Health Program presents customizable illness notification letters to help child care providers communicate with families about contagious diseases. These templates support timely, clear messaging about symptoms, prevention, and when children can safely return to care.

King County's Child Care Health Program presents strategies for preventing the spread of illness in child care settings through hygiene, cleaning, and exclusion practices. The webpage offers practical tools and guidance to help providers maintain a healthy environment for children and staff. 

Topics include: 

• Keep me home if...
• Handwashing
• Changing diapers
• Illness log
• Incident/Injury Log
• Stand-up diapering
• Thermometers

King County's Child Care Health Program presents a Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure Control Plan for Child Care Providers.

Caring for Our Children (CFOC) is a set of national standards that represent the best practices — based on evidence, expertise, and experience — for quality health and safety policies and practices in early care and education settings. CFOC Basics represents the minimum health and safety standards required in Head Start and is a subset of the CFOC national standards. Explore this collection to learn more about these important resources.

The full text of Caring for Our Children (575 pages) is available for free as a PDF or can be purchased as a printed book. 

Update October 2025: Caring For Our