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| People that care for children for more than a half day outside of the child's home. Childcare providers can include family childcare, center based childcare, and preschool. |
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| Center-based Childcare Providers |
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| Center-based care may also be labeled child or daycare centers, nursery schools, or preschools. These facilities care for children in groups outside of a residential setting. They may have different sponsors, including universities, schools, churches, social service agencies, independent owners or chains, and employers. Center-based programs can care for infants, toddlers, preschool-aged children, school-aged children and teens with disabilities. |
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| Providers caring for children from only one other family are exempt from licensing requirements in California |
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| Farm to Preschool is designed to influence early childhood eating habits and expand the farm to school network of programs to bring farm fresh foods to a range of childcare and preschool programs. Goals of the program include the following: replace unhealthy snacks, meals, and beverages at preschools with locally grown fruits and vegetables from farmers and farmers' markets; and provide age- and culturally-appropriate nutrition curricula for preschoolers and their parents, including Harvest of the Month activities, taste tests and cooking demos, visits to farms and farmers' markets, and a presentation series for parents given by bilingual doctors. Demonstration sites will be established to disseminate the program to other interested preschools, day care centers and family homes. Ultimately, program-developed wellness policies for preschools will help establish nutrition standards for these schools and community organization around fresh and healthy food access will be facilitated. |
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| Licensed Family Childcare Providers |
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| A family childcare provider is a person who uses their residence to provide paid childcare on a regular, ongoing basis. Children are brought to the caregiver's home for care (vs. a caregiver who goes to the child's home to provide care). In California, one adult can watch up to six (6) children, two (2) adults can watch up to fourteen (14) children. Home childcare providers should be licensed by the state and the care providers should have basic training in first aid, safety and childcare. Many in-home providers also have training in early education. |
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A demonstration of an effective universal preschool system is currently underway in San Diego County; it is called the San Diego County Preschool for All (SDCPFA) Demonstration Project. The project is being developed under the leadership of the San Diego County Office of Education with funding provided by First 5 San Diego (http://www.first5sandiego.org /)who allocated thirty (30) million dollars for implementation. Key features of the project include:
- Quality preschool experiences
- Inclusive of children with special needs
- Families can choose from a variety of preschool settings
- Socially, culturally, and linguistically appropriate early childhood education
- Professional growth of teachers
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| TrustLine is a database of nannies and baby-sitters that have cleared criminal background checks in California. It is the only authorized screening program of in-home caregivers in the state with access to fingerprint records at the California Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). |
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| USDA Child and Adult Food Program |
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| The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA)Child and Adult Care Food Program plays a vital role in improving the quality of child care and making it more affordable for many low-income families. Child & Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) reaches even further to provide meals to children residing in emergency shelters, and snacks and suppers to youths participating in eligible afterschool care programs. |
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| Competitive (a la carte) foods |
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| Foods available or for sale anywhere and anytime at a school that are not part of the National School Lunch Program. In California, these foods are regulated by state nutrition standards spelled out in SB 12 & SB 965. |
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| Electrolyte Replacement Beverage (ERB) |
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| Sports drinks such as PowerAde® and Gatorade® are currently allowed to be sold at middle schools and high schools in California provided they contain no more than forty -two (42) grams of added sweetener per twenty (20) ounce serving |
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| Free and Reduced Eligibility |
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| The percentage of students in a school or district qualifying for free or reduced-price school meal under the National School Lunch Program. |
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| Local School Wellness Policy |
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| A federal requirement for school districts participating in the National School Lunch Program starting in 2007. Requires a Wellness Council to develop, implement, monitor and report on goals for Nutrition Education, Physical Education, all foods and beverages available on campus, and other school-based activities designed to promote student wellness. |
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| National School Lunch Program |
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| A federally assisted meal program operating in public and nonprofit private schools and residential child care institutions. It provides nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free lunches, breakfasts and snacks to children each school day. The program was established under the National School Lunch Act, signed by President Harry Truman in 1946. |
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| Bodily movement of any type and may include recreational, fitness and sport activities such as jumping rope, playing soccer, lifting weights, as well as daily activities such as walking to the store, taking the stairs or raking the leaves. The National Association of Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) http://www.aahperd.org/naspe/ recommends school-age children accumulate at least sixty (60) minutes and up to several hours of physical activity per day while avoiding prolonged periods of inactivity. |
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| California legislation passed in 2005 that set standards limiting the amount of calories, fat, saturated fat and sugar in foods (SB12) and beverages (SB 965) sold on a school campus from thirty (30) minutes before until thirty (30) minutes after the school day. |
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| Wellness Councils/Committees |
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| At the district or school level, a group that meets regularly to support implementation, monitoring and reporting on progress in achieving goals of Local School Wellness Policy. Members should included district and school administrators, school board members, students, parents, physical education, nursing, after-school and child nutrition staff, and community-based organization representatives. |
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