Choose Safe Places for Early Care and Education (CSPECE) Guidance Manual

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This guidance manual helps communities ensure children's safety and health in places like child care centers and preschools. It promotes locating early care and education (ECE) sites away from chemical hazards. Originally released in April 2017, the manual's resources section has been updated (2024). The manual is a helpful tool for towns and cities to make sure early care programs are located safely for children's health and well-being.

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Focus Areas: CBRNE; Everyday Emergency

Audiences: Public Health Professionals; Schools & Childcare Providers

Emergency Management Stage: Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Keywords: Child Care; Child Day Care Centers; Child Health; Child, Preschool; Environment and Public Health; Environmental Health; Hazardous Substances; Safety; Drinking Water; Chemical Hazard Release

Institutions: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

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