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An Arizona Early Care and Education (ECE) Learning Collaborative Who Is Eligible? Programs in the Phoenix & Tucson metro areas + Child Care Centers + Head Start & Early Head Start Project Goals: To support healthier environments for children, their families, and staff through: + Increasing daily physical activity + Reducing screen time + Increasing fruit and vegetable consumption + Providing nutrition and breastfeeding support + Engaging families as partners To strengthen your current work with the Empower Standards Benefits of Participations: FREE toolkits & training materials FREE on-site technical assistance by health and nutrition experts FREE training hours that meet and exceed ADHS Licensing and Empower Standards and/or other professional development requirements Networking with other ECE professionals focused on children’s health and well-being $500 participation stipend/program Program Involvement: Five trainings per year for your leadership team of 2-3 staff Staff professional development facilitated by leadership teams between trainings Develop and implement action plan for program improvement Celebration and recognition of accomplishments! For more information, contact Bonnie Williams at 602-542-2847 or bonnie.williams@azdhs.gov To apply, click on this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Empowerplusapp Funding for this project was made possible by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Arizona Department of Health Services is a subawardee to Nemours, who is currently funded by the CDC under a five-year Cooperative Agreement (1U58DP004102) to support states in launching ECE learning collaboratives focused on obesity prevention. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the U.S. Government. V. 6-10-13