Health and Safety in Child Care
and Early Education
Spinoffs — Standards-Based Resources
In an effort to make select subject areas more accessible to intended users for training and/or advocacy
purposes, the National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education (NRC)
is developing smaller documents on specific subject areas from the larger Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards; Guidelines for Early Care and Education Programs, 3rd Edition, 2011 (CFOC3).
Safe Sleep Practices and SIDS/Suffocation Risk Reduction
This resource is a compilation of 37 nationally recognized health and safety standards on safe sleep and reducing the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)/suffocation in child care and early education settings from Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards; Guidelines for Early Care and Education Programs, 3rd Edition, 2011 (CFOC3).