Welcome to Northwest Kansas Child Care Resource & Referral

SPECIAL EVENTS

Child Care Aware of Northwest Kansas is celebrating Provider Appreciation Day throughout the year by hosting Meet and Greet events for child care providers in all the counties in our service delivery area!

*February 28- Provider Appreciation Dinner in Atwood for all Rawlins and Decatur county providers at Park Hill from 6-7pm. To register, call Shelia at 785-625-3257 by February 21st. We are looking forward to seeing you there!

*Check our website and newsletter for future dates and locations.

Sunshine Connections is having a training in Colby on Saturday, March 3rd. For more information, check out the flyer below.

Sunshine Connections Training Information

Online Professional Development for Child Care Providers:
Kansas Children's Service League offers a variety of instructor-led eLearning courses throughout the year. These online courses provide KDHE approved in-service hours for licensed home or center based child care providers and early care and education professionals. Check out their website for more information on upcoming Spring classes. http://elearning.kcsl.org

ANNOUNCEMENTS

** The Basic Knowledge Curriculum-Keeping Children Safe class originally scheduled for February 4th in Colby has been rescheduled for February 11th due to a severe weather forecast.

**ALERT: Important Changes to Infants' Acetaminophen Products.

Read important information on changes at the following link:

http://www.tylenol.com/page.jhtml?id=tylenol/children/subfsafety_convenience.inc

**ALERT: New SIDS Guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has expanded its guidelines for creating safe sleeping environments for babies. Read the recent AAP policy statement at the following link:

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2011/10/12/peds.2011-2284

FACEBOOK

Visit our facebook page for announcements and a listing of events Child Care Aware of Northwest Kansas is sponsoring. "Like" us and keep up with what is new on our page. We encourage parents and child care providers to post questions and comments on our discussion board!