Eco-Healthy Child Care
Helping create environments for kids that are safe and eco-healthy.
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Help has arrived for parents and child cares who want to choose environments that are safe, healthy, and free of chemicals of concern.
The Eco-Healthy Child Care program ensures that child care settings are as environmentally healthy as possible. Click here for a current list of providers located throughout the country.
Child care facilities qualify as “Eco-Healthy” by completing a checklist that highlights 25 simple steps that ensure a safe place for children. Eco-Healthy child cares commit to reducing a child's exposure to toxics and other environmental health hazards. Click here to request a checklist or for tips on how to go Eco-Healthy.
Child care facilities that qualify receive a placard and poster that let parents and others know of their efforts, and demonstrates their commitment to being eco-healthy.
Here is the current list of Eco-Healthy Child Care providers. Also check out our online profiles.
Thanks to generous support from the Cedar Tree Foundation, this program is now available to child cares throughout the nation! Check out the national and state organizations that are helping us grow.
You can help your child care provider become Eco-Healthy.
If you have questions or would like to be endorsed as Eco-Healthy contact Sara Leverette at saral at oeconline.org or 503-222-1963, ext. 105. If you are located outside of Oregon, contact Hester Dooley at hesterd atoeconline.org or 503-222-1963, ext. 119.
