Worked with the National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education to create an Environmental Health Standards collection. The collection includes 123 nationally recognized health and safety standards that have the greatest impact on environmental health in early care and education settings.
Maryland incorporated the EHCC program into their state Quality Rating Improvement System, Maryland EXCELS, by offering an Eco-Friendly Achievement Program “Eco-Friendly” badge for licensed child care facilities
Collaborated with the National Association for the Education of Young Children to update their Early Childhood Program Standards and Accreditation Criteria. 31 new indicators focused on environmental health were generated and released
Began to provide support and assistance to 25 state health departments in implementing the “Choose Safe Places for Early Care and Education” guidance (continues today).
Launched an e-learning course approved for adult learning clock hours in 48 states
Launched a first of its kind online Lead-Safe Toolkit for Home-Based Child Care in collaboration with the National Association for Family Child Care and the National Center for Healthy Housing
Provided the EHCC train-the-trainer course in 33 states + Puerto Rico. Over 86% of participants feel the comprehensive training was “extremely effective” at equipping them to become successful environmental health advocates.
Endorsed as “eco-healthy” over 3,000 child care facilities, serving over 80,000 children within 49 states, 6 Canadian provinces, 5 Australian states, and Puerto Rico since 2008.
Began managing the national Eco-Healthy Child Care® Program (EHCC), the only national training, assessment and endorsement program for child care facilities on eco-healthy best practices.
Launched the first national environmental health training and assessment pilot program for child care providers/administrators, the Healthy Environments for Child Care and Preschools (HECCP) program. The HECCP trained more than 1,200 child care professionals in California, Georgia, Texas, and the District of Columbia.