National Center on Early Childhood Health and Wellness

The National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center is a partner in the National Center on Early Childhood Health and Wellness (NCECHW), supported by the Office of Head Start, the Office of Child Care, and the Maternal and Child Health Bureau.

NCECHW provides education, training, and technical assistance to the child care and Head Start community focusing on health literacy, nutrition, oral health, physical activity, developmental and behavioral services, and asthma, injury, and tobacco prevention.

Resources from NCECHW

Resources from OHRC

• Be an Oral Health Champion (poster and booklet)
• Choose and Use: Head Start Oral Health Curricula (guide)
• Dental Hygienists and Head Start: What You Should Know and How You Can Help (tip sheet)
• Dentists and Head Start: What You Should Know and How You Can Help (tip sheet)
• Medical Providers and Head Start: What You Should Know and How You Can Help (tip sheet)
• Open Wide: Oral Health Training for Health Professionals (curriculum)
• Oral Health for Maryland's Kids: A Head Start Teacher's Guide for Creating Healthy Smiles (curriculum)
• Strategies to Improve Collaboration Between State Oral Health Programs and Head Start State Collaboration Offices

Selected Websites

Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health

Child Care Aware

Child Care Resources

National Association for the Education of Young Children

National Head Start Association

Office of Head Start

• American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start Collaboration Office
• Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center
• Oral Health
• Training and Technical Assistance Centers
• Head Start State Collaboration Offices
• Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Collaboration Office

Assistance from an Information Specialist

• Telephone: (202) 784-9771
• E-mail: OHRCinfo@georgetown.edu