Healthy Child Care Illinois
Program Fact Sheet
Bureau of Maternal and Child Health
Division of Community Health & Prevention
Illinois Department of Human Services
Program Description
Target
Child care providers (both licensed and unlicensed) as well as friends and relatives and the children in their care.
Purpose
To promote positive development of children in childcare settings by linking families and child care providers to health services
Services
Healthy Child Care Illinois provides the following services:
- Child care staff training
- Parent and child health education
- Consultations with child care providers by telephone or on site
- Assessment of child care health and safety practices by child care staff
- Assistance to child care providers in developing health policies, procedures and plans
- Referral to physicians, early intervention, dental care, mental health care, All Kids, and other local, state, or federal programs
- Individualized attention to children with special health care needs.
Delivery Method
Services are provided by Child Care Nurse Consultants who are public health nurses hired by local health departments and stationed at one of the 16 regional Child Care Resource and Referral agencies or one of the six satellite offices serving Cook
County. This close relationship with local health departments helps the nurse make referrals to other state and federal programs.
Program Data
Healthy Child Care Illinois Program Data
| Performance Indicators |
SFY04 |
SFY05 |
SFY06 |
| Grant Amount (Numbers is 000's) |
$1,499.80 |
$1,580.20 |
$1,580.30 |
| Number of Grantees |
21 |
20 |
20 |
| Number Served* |
2460 |
3510 |
3600 |
Program Effectiveness
HCCI has been nationally recognized by Healthy Child Care America and the University of North Carolina. In SFY06, the volume of HCCI services is as follows:
- 1,255 parent and child health and safety education
- 3,904 technical assistance services to assist child care providers in developing health policies, procedures, and plans
- 15,880 packets of educational materials distributed
- 598 contacts to provide technical assistance specific to special needs children
- 32 educational sessions specific to children with special needs
