Seeking Licensed Child Care Providers for Pennsylvania Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Assessment for Child Care (PA NAPSACC) Wellness Grant Opportunity
You’re entrusted by families with the care and well-being of their children. In a time when health practices are more critical than ever, you are in a position to make a pivotal difference in children's lives by helping them form positive nutrition and physical activity habits while in your care.
This grant provides an opportunity to engage in a continuous quality improvement process focused on obesity prevention practices and policies within an early care and education setting. The program utilizes Go NAPSACC, an on-line, evidence-based tool, to guide self-assessment, action planning, implementation, policy development, re-self-assessment and reflection. The process empowers program leadership and includes individualized technical assistance to increase knowledge and improve quality of practice and policy. Programs will also be linked with a Child Care Health Consultant at no cost to the site. The CCHC will review current nutrition and physical activity practices and policies, assist with developing sustainable policies, and offer guidance for continuous quality improvement.
Beyond the reward of making a difference in the health of children, those who participate and complete grant requirements will receive up to $500 in grant funding to support staff time and/or any materials and resources needed. For STAR 3 and 4 programs, participation in all components of the PA NAPSACC Wellness Grant satisfies Keystone STARS performance standard LM.3.4.10 (utilizing a health care consultant to establish and maintain health policies above those required by certification) as well as bonus points area Partnerships with Families and Communities (participating in an organized effort to promote nutritional health for children).
The PA NAPSACC Wellness Grant will follow the timeline below:
Applications due by no later than 11:59 PM on October 4, 2024
Notification of Eligibility - October 16, 2024
Informational Webinar for Eligible Applicants - October 23, 2024 12:45 – 1:45 pm (will be recorded)
Enrollment - 50 spots available, first-come, first-served, following Informational Webinar
Implement Practice and Policy - November – April 2025
Reflection and Re-assessment - May 2025
Who is eligible?
Licensed childcare providers in Pennsylvania, serving a minimum of four children ages three to five years. Past participants are also eligible to apply. Following the application period, eligible applicants will be invited to participate in an Informational Webinar on October 23rd from 12:45-1:45 pm. This webinar will be recorded and shared with all eligible applicants. After the webinar, program enrollment will be based on the first 50 programs to complete enrollment tasks outlined in the webinar.
If you are interested in participating, please complete and submit the electronic application. If you have questions or require additional information, please contact Cindy Wilson at Tuscarora Intermediate Unit, at 717-248-4942 x 143 or cjwilson@tiu11.org
Funding for this project is provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Health through the Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the Department of Health and Human Services.
Applications must be submitted by 11:59 PM on October 4, 2024