Supporting Health & Wellness Services

Last Reviewed Date
Jan. 25, 2023

This page provides a variety of toolkits, training and resource guides, videos, articles, and other materials centered on a wide range of topics, including physical activity, managing stress and anxiety, emergency preparedness for out-of-school time programs, and self-care strategies for parents., 

Healthy States: Health and Safety Training Toolkit

This Office of Child Care toolkit provides training resources and materials to develop new or build upon existing health and safety trainings.

Out of School Time Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Toolkit

This toolkit provides guidance for out-of-school time (OST) programs to develop emergency preparedness plans that address these programs' needs.

Embracing Health & Wellness Series

This toolkit presents research topics, best practices, and safety tips for supporting staff and engaging families in health and wellness.

Supporting Social and Emotional Well-Being

This guidebook explores research topics, best practices, and safety tips for supporting staff and engaging families in social and emotional well-being.

Building Your Medical Home

This toolkit explains building a medical home approach for providing comprehensive primary health care that facilitates partnerships between patients, clinicians, medical staff, and families.

Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans 

This guidebook describes the physical activity guidelines for Americans and provides guidance to help children maintain or improve health through physical activity.

Managing Stress and Anxiety

This CDC page provides information for parents coping with stress and anxiety, as well as specific topics related to stress.

Self Care Strategies for Parents

This e-magazine features self-care strategies for families.

imple Self-Care Tools for Parents

This article that describes practical tools for self-care for parents.

Promoting Staff Well-Being: Safe Foundations

This video focuses on staff well-being and explores how programs can build an organizational and program-wide culture of wellness.

Mindfullness Toolkit for Early Organizations

This toolkit provides strategies and activities to implement mindfulness techniques as part of daily work and organizational culture.

Educator Wellness Series

This video series provides practical and actionable guidance for families and educators to promote physical, occupational, intellectual, social, and emotional well-being.

COVID-19 and Early Care and Education Considerations Before Reopening

This webinar provides research- and science-informed resources and practices on caring for young children during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as guidance for preparing programs to reopen.