Child Care Health Consultants (CCHC’s) are trained health professionals who work with licensed childcare centers and homes. They work in partnership with early educators to improve, promote, and maintain quality services that ensure children’s safe and healthy growth and development. They do this by:
• Assessing the childcare environment for health and safety
• Developing strategies for including children with special health care and medication needs
• Providing support to prevent and manage injuries and infectious disease
• Connecting early educators and families to community health resources
• Providing up-to-date information on regulations and best practices
• Providing health and safety training and technical assistance
Information for С»ÆѼÊÓƵ County Childcare Providers
С»ÆѼÊÓƵ County Childcare Health Consultants
Five public health nurses serve as childcare health consultants to С»ÆѼÊÓƵ County childcare centers. Pictured from left to right are Latasha Hopkins, RN; Marshea Lewis-Gould, RN; Krista Barbour, RN, Nursing Supervisor; Lisa Terry, RN, and Daisy Clemmons, RN.
These childcare health consultants serve С»ÆѼÊÓƵ County childcare centers by zip code.
Laws and Rules
Licensing
NC Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Child Development and Early Education
Sanitation Rules
Division of Public Health, Environmental Health Section
Communicable Disease Reports
Division of Public Health, Epidemiology
In С»ÆѼÊÓƵ County, make reports to the
Communicable Disease Program
С»ÆѼÊÓƵ County Public Health
Phone: 919-250-4462
Fax: 919-743-4905
Abuse and neglect reports
In С»ÆѼÊÓƵ County make reports to
Child Protective Services
С»ÆѼÊÓƵ County Social Services
Report Abuse and Neglect
919-212-7990 (English)
919-212-7963 (Espanol)
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