Child Care Health Resource Library

King County's Child Care Health Program presents additional nutrition and food safety resources to support healthy eating practices in child care settings. The webpage includes links to guidelines, educational materials, and tools from trusted organizations to promote safe and nutritious meals for children.

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 child care providers a list of educational trainings offered for free and some with costs. The webpage features training materials and guidance for child care providers to enroll.

King County Child Care Health Program staff have created a model lactation support policy designed to assist child care providers in supporting lactating parents and babies who are fed human milk. Health professionals agree that human milk is the best food for babies. With your help, babies in your care can still get the benefits of human milk when away from their parents.

Linked below are the Model Lactation Support Policy for Childcare Programs and a list of Lactation Coalition of King County 2025 Resources.

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

King County's Child Care Health Program shares a monthly newsletter featuring health and safety updates for child care providers. Each newsletter includes practical tips, policy changes, and seasonal guidance to support children's well-being in care settings.

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