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Caring for Our Children Basics (CFOCB) outlines a set of voluntary, foundational health and safety standards for early care and education programs. These standards are designed to help protect children and support their healthy development in child care settings. Caring for our Children, National Health and Safety Performance Standards Guidelines for Early Care and Education Programs is a collection of national standards that represent the best practices, based on evidence, expertise, and experience, for quality health and safety policies and practices for early care and education settings. CFOCB is a subset of these standards. Programs and agencies are encouraged to use CFOCB as a starting point and to build upon it with additional standards and supports that meet the unique needs of their communities. By using CFOCB alongside other tools and standards, states and territories can build stronger health and safety policies and practices that better supports children, families, and providers. 

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