CARING FOR

OUR CHILDREN

National Health and Safety Performance Standards: Guidelines for Out-of-Home Child Care

Second Edition

A Joint Collaborative Project of

American Academy of Pediatrics
141 Northwest Point Blvd.
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007-1098

American Public Health Association
8001 I Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001-3710

National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center at Fitzsimons
Campus Mail Stop F541, PO Box 6508
Aurora, CO 80045-0508

Support for this project was provided by the
Maternal and Child Health Bureau,
Health Resources and Services Administration,
Department of Health and Human Services
(Cooperative Agreement # U93 MC 00098)