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NEMOURS HEALTH & PREVENTION SERVICES

Nemours works with partners in early care and education to improve children’s health through policy, systems and environmental change and the provision of high quality professional development, both in Delaware and nationally.

Nemours is one of the nation’s largest integrated pediatric health systems, providing hospital- and clinic-based specialty care, primary care, prevention and health information services, and research and medical education programs aimed at improving the lives of children and families throughout the Delaware Valley and in Florida.

For more information, contact Nemours Health & Prevention Services:

DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: CHILD AND ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM

The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) is a United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service meal reimbursement program for children and certain adults receiving meals in licensed Centers and Family Day Care homes. The CACFP is administered in Delaware by the Department of Education.

For more information, contact the DOE Community Nutrition Programs:

DELAWARE OFFICE OF EARLY LEARNING

A focus of the Office of Early Learning is building a system for early learning and child development services that will serve children with high needs, including those who are low-income, children with disabilities and dual language learners, in order to improve children’s outcomes and readiness for school and for life.

Significant resources to support this work are being provided to the State of Delaware through the Early Learning Challenge, a competitive initiative of the U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services. The Office of Early Learning is leading and coordinating the initiative in which three state agencies (the Departments of Education, Health and Social Services and Services for Children, Youth and Their Families) are key partners.

For more information, contact the Office of Early Learning:

DELAWARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD

The Delaware Institute for Excellence in Early Childhood (DIEEC) is dedicated to maximizing the healthy growth and development of Delaware’s children by supporting quality early care and educational programming for all children, their families and their communities. In partnership with both public and private stakeholders, the Institute works to create and sustain a responsive, data driven system for enhancing the professional knowledge and skills of those who work with children from birth through age twelve.

DIEEC provides a framework and registry for linking Early Childhood Education professionals with professional development opportunities through instructional opportunities and individual’s technical supporting order to have a world-class early childhood programming. The Institute designs, delivers and coordinates professional development that meets the needs of a diverse workforce of 6,000 plus members working in a variety of early childhood settings from public school, early childhood special education, to the private business of home-based child care. Collaborating with Children and Families First, DIEEC manages the Delaware Stars program, a quality assurance and evaluation system. DIEEC also shares information and resources designed to serve parents as well as community leaders.

For more information, contact the Institute: