USDA Website Links

Child Care

• National Association for the Education of Young children
  http://www.naeyc.org/
   
• Chidcare.gov 
  http:www.childcare.gov/
   
• U.S. Department of Heath and Human Services / National Child Care Information Center
  http://nccic.org/index.html 
  
   
• National Network for Child Care
  http://www.nncc.org/ 
   
• ***South Dakota Association for the Education of Young Children
  www.usd.edu/sdeayc 
  
   
• National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care
  http://nrc.uchsc.edu/

Food Allergies, Special Diets & Special Needs

• Asthma & Allergy Essentials for child Care Providersh
  http://www.foodallergy.org/ 
   
• Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
  www.aafa.org/
   
• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
  www.jdrf.org/index.cfm 
   
• California Department of Education “Shaping Healthy Food Choices: Special Needs”
  www.cde.ca.gov/nsd/nets/news/spneeds.htm 
   
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
  How Asthma-Friendly Is your Child-Care Setting?
  www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/lung/asthma/chc_chk.htm 
   

Food Safety

• Gateway to Government Food Safety Information
  http://www.foodsafety.gov/
   
• Fight BAC! Partnership for Food Safety Education
  http://www.fightbac.org/ 
   

Infant Feeding

• Breast Feeding and child Care
  Breastfeeding At Home & In the child Care Setting-United Way tip sheet
  www.uwmsp.org 
   

Materials & Resources

• USDA / Food Nutrition Services
  http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Care/ 
   
• Team Nutrition
  http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/
   
• The Child Care Nutrition Resource System
  http://www.nal.usda.gov/childcare/ 
   
• National Food Service Management Institute
  http://www.nfsmi.org/Information /index.html 
   
• Midwest Dairy Council
  http://www.midwestdairy.com 
   
• Milk Matters-U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  www.nichd.nih.gov 
   

9/17/2008