Let's Move! Child Care State Challenge Winners

States, Communities, and Early Education & Child Care Programs and Networks Receive National Recognition

We’re pleased to announce the winners for the Let’s Move! Child Care State Challenge, a nationwide competition launched by the Administration for Children and Families and the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA) to reach more early education and child care providers and encourage state participation in the Let’s Move! Child Care (LMCC) initiative. 

The Let’s Move! Child Care State Challenge provided states with the opportunity to be recognized in two categories:

  • Category 1: Highest percentage of licensed or legally operating early education and child care programs that sign-up as Let’s Move! Child Care participants
  • Category 2: Largest percentage of Let’s Move! Child Care participants who successfully complete the initiative’s checklist quiz

The Winners Are...

Rhode Island - Category 1
LMCC State Challenge winner for having the highest percentage of licensed or legally operating early education and child care programs signed up as LMCC participants.

Idaho - Category 2
LMCC State Challenge winner for having the largest percentage of LMCC participants who successfully completed the initiative’s checklist quiz.

Other Top States

We commend the efforts of all states and territories for encouraging early education and child care providers to get involved in LMCC to improve the health of children in their care.

 
Top Five States in Category 1

  • Rhode Island
  • Alaska
  • New Hampshire
  • Delaware
  • North Dakota

Providers from all states, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, and the Virgin Islands are participating in LMCC and completed the checklist quiz.

 
Top Five States in Category 2

  • Idaho
  • Kansas
  • Hawaii
  • Delaware
  • Michigan

Providers from all states, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, and the Virgin Islands are participating in LMCC and completed the checklist quiz.

Programs Honored at Let's Move! Child Care Recognition Luncheon

Rhode Island and Idaho will be honored for winning the state competition at the Let’s Move! Child Care Recognition Luncheon sponsored by Nemours that will be held following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s national conference, Weight of the Nation™ in Washington, DC.

Additionally, LMCC will recognize the following honorees for their outstanding work:

 
Early Education & Child Care Programs and Networks

Colusa Indian Community Council Hand-in-Hand Learning Center
Colusa, CA

Family & Child Education Program
Albuquerque, NM

Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioner’s
Head Start/Early Head Start

Tampa, FL

Jewish Community Center Early Childhood Education Department
Owings Mills, MD

Neighborhood House Association Head Start
San Diego, CA

Our House Family Child Care and Early Education
Lansing, MI

Pam's Child Care Home
Nashville, TN

Quantico Children, Youth and Teen Program
Quantico, VA

Seagull Schools
Kailua, HI

Tender Times Child Care
Amery, WI

University of Delaware Early Learning Center
Newark, DE

West Haven Child Development Center
West Haven, CT

 
Community

Farm to Preschool
Los Angeles, CA

GoFar Childcare
Moorhead, MN

Salt Lake Community Action Program Head Start
Salt Lake City, UT

 
State, Territory, and Tribal

Arizona Department of Health Services,
Bureau of Nutrition and Physical Activity

Phoenix, AZ

Ohio Child Care Resource & Referral Association
Columbus, Ohio

Wisconsin Early Childhood Obesity Prevention Initiative
Madison, WI