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Caring for Our Children:
National Health and Safety
Performance Standards:
Guidelines for Out-of-Home
Child Care, 2nd Edition

There are three Web versions of the Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards: Guidelines for Out-of-Home Child Care Programs: Second Edition available on the web.

The first version is in a simple HTML format that can be viewed using the majority of Internet browsers available, this copy is much different than the print version.
The second and third versions are in Portable Document Format and require Acrobat Reader which is available free from Adobe Systems Incorporated by clicking on the link below. These versions contain the same content as the print copy.

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• MAJOR CHANGES IN HEALTH PRACTICES SINCE THE RELEASE OF CFOC, 2nd ED.
  
  
• ORDERING INFORMATION FOR PAPERBACK PRINTED COPIES OF CFOC, 2nd ED.
  

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  Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards, Second Edition is available in three versions: HTML Version - Full text; graphics and formatting are omitted. Full PDF - Identical to print version; single, very large file (11.8 Mb) PDF by Chapter - Identical to print version; smaller file sizes

  
  
• Major Additions and Changes in the 2nd Edition of Caring for Our Children


• Tips on Accessing Caring for Our Children


• Suggested Citation for Caring for Our Children:
  
  American Academy Of Pediatrics, American Public Health Association, and National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education (2002). Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards; Guidelines for Out-of-Home Child Care Programs, 2nd edition. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics and Washington, DC: American Public Health Association. Also available at http://nrckids.org.
  
  
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Print copies are available from:

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Fax: 301/843-0159
http://www.aphabookstore.org
Cost $34.95 plus shipping and handling