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Bright Futures in Health Promotion: Early Childhood Care and Education Programs,
is a project being conducted by the Washington State Department of Health,
Office of Maternal and Child Health, and the University of Washington Center on
Human Development and Disability (CHDD). The funding for this project came from
a special congressional appropriation awarded to the Department of Health in
August 2004 and administered through the U.S Department of Health and Human
Services, Administration for Children and Families. Funding for this project
runs through June 30, 2006.
Pilot sites for the project comprise a diverse sample of children, parents, and programs across the state. Early childhood care and education programs, such as Head Start, Early Head Start, ECEAP, and child care centers, are using Bright Futures principles and materials to improve health knowledge and outcomes for their children and families. Participating programs send representatives to regional trainings where they are immersed in Bright Futures materials and messages, and given the tips and tools that will make it easier for them to meet health goals in their programs. There are eleven programs participating in the project. They represent a total of 64 individual early childhood centers and at least 2,500 children. For more detailed information on the sites, please see Early Childhood Program site information. Ongoing information about the Early Childhood Project will be posted in
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