Nutrition, Health, and Sanitation Standard
Programs:
24/7 Centers, Child Development Center, Family Child Care, School Age Care
Resource Type:
Operating Procedure
Published:
11/22
This Standard provides guidance for all Navy CYPs for establishing good nutrition, promoting healthy habits, and ensuring healthy environments are maintained that protect and promote the well-being of children and the overall CYP delivery system.
11.23.2022: Correction was made to page 53, "I Can Roll Over" bullet.
Table of Contents
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Chapter 1: Overview of Nutrition, Health, and Sanitation Standard
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1.1 Supplemental Resources
- 1.1.1 Caring for Our Children National Health and Safety Performance Standards Guidelines for Early Care and Education Programs (CFOC)
- 1.1.2 The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)
- 1.1.3 National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
- 1.1.4 Council on Accreditation (COA)
- 1.1.5 Managing Infectious Diseases in Child Care and Schools
- 1.1.6 NAVMED P-5010-1: Chapter 1, Manual of Naval Preventive Medicine Food Safety (Tri-Service Food Code)
- 1.1.7 Unified Facilities Criteria
- 1.1.8 Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI)
- 1.1.9 CYP Headquarters (HQ) Inspection Criteria
- 1.2 Family Partnerships in Nutrition, Health, and Sanitation
- 1.3 Roles and Responsibilities
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1.1 Supplemental Resources
- Chapter 2: Nutrition
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Chapter 3: Infant Feeding
- 3.1 Partnering With Parents
- 3.2 Establishing Nursing Areas
- 3.3 Family-Provided Infant Formula and Human Milk
- 3.4 Handling Human Milk
- 3.5 Storage, Organization, and Accountability Measures
- 3.6 Preparing Bottles and Infant Food
- 3.7 Feeding Infants on Demand
- 3.8 Transitioning Infants to Solid Foods
- 3.9 Parent Provided Infant Foods
- 3.10 Use of Highchairs
- Chapter 4: Food Service
- Chapter 5: Health Promotion and Protection
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Chapter 6: Sleep and Rest Provisions
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6.1 Infant Sleep
- 6.1.1 Establishing Safe Sleep Practices and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Risk Reduction
- 6.1.2 Safe Sleep Environments for Infants
- 6.1.3 Sleep Sacks
- 6.1.4 Sleeping Position Placards
- 6.1.5 Medical Required Accommodations to Safe Sleep Practices
- 6.1.6 Use of Pacifiers
- 6.1.7 Transitioning from Crib to Cot
- 6.1.8 Safe Sleep Practices Training for CYP Professionals
- 6.2 Sleep and Rest for Pretoddlers through Preschool
- 6.3 Sleep and Rest during Non-Traditional Hours
- 6.4 Sleep and Rest in CDH
- 6.5 Rest in Youth Programs
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6.1 Infant Sleep
- Chapter 7: Health Requirements
- Chapter 8: Medical Responses
- Chapter 9: Sanitation
- Appendix A. CACFP Meal Patterns
- Appendix B. Family Food Preference Family Meals and Snacks Agreement
- Appendix C. Feeding Human Milk to Another Mother?s Child
- Appendix D. Infant Hunger Cues
- Appendix E. Alternate Handwashing Sign
- Appendix F. Changing Soiled Clothing
- Appendix G. Care and Maintenance of Pets in Child Care Settings
- Appendix H. Halo Sleep Sacks
- Appendix I. Sleep Surface Requirements
- Appendix J. Sleeping Position Placards
- Appendix K. DoD Safe Sleep Practices for Caregivers Training
- Appendix L. Daily Health Check
- Appendix M. Signs and Symptoms Chart
- Appendix N. Cleaning Up Body Fluids
- Appendix O. EPA Registration Information
- Appendix P. Removing Gloves
- Appendix Q. DoD Cleaning, Sanitizing, and Disinfecting Frequency Table