HHS Rules Promoting Children's Health and Safety in Child Care

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced new revisions to the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) regulations to better protect the health and safety of children in child care.

New HHS Rules Promoting Children's Health & Safety in Child Care May 19, 2013 by Grace Reef This past week, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, held a press conference at an early learning center in Washington, D.C.

Helping to answer President Obama's call to ensure quality early education for every American child, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed today a new regulation for public comment that will better ensure children's health and safety in child care and promote school readiness.

Editor's note: This post originally appeared on New America's Early Education Initiative blog. Conor Williams recently joined the Early Education Initiative as a Senior Researcher. He's just completed a PhD in Government at Georgetown University, a degree he pursued after teaching first grade in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.

After a growing number of high-profile media reports of children who have died or been injured in child care, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday morning that it will for the first time impose tough national health and safety standards on all child-care facilities that accept government subsidies.

Register today to learn more about the newly proposed HHS child care rules that came out in May. The Administration is proposing to revise current regulations to better promote the safety and healthy development of children.