Changing the environment is best way to change behaviors.

Research shows that if healthy nutrition and physical activity policies are implemented in those places where children and families spend most of their time, health is likely to improve. We help organizations across sectors identify and implement these healthy policies.

LEARNING COHORT OPPORTUNITY!

Jump IN is now recruiting for a new Go NAPSACC Learning Cohort starting at the end of January 2025.  Interested child care providers must attend an information session in order to be considered for the Cohort. There are two sessions to choose from (only one is required). Space is limited, so register for an information session now: 

Register for Info Session #1, 6:00 – 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025

OR

Register for Info Session #2, 1:00 – 1:30 p.m., Friday, Jan. 17, 2025

The Benefits: 

• Structured learning cohort with 4-5 live, virtual meeting sessions (scheduled during nap time, one hour every 3 weeks), guided by a Go NAPSACC consultant to help you move through one unit in Go NAPSACC
• Chose from Child Nutrition, Breast Feeding/Infant Feeding, Physical Activity, Outdoor Play and Learning, Screen Time, Oral Health, or Farm to ECE and set your own improvement goals
• Learning from other child care providers and support one another as you implement your action plans
• Training hour credit for portions of the Go NAPSACC work
• Ongoing coaching and technical assistance from your Learning Cohort leaders
• Access to Go NAPSACC’s easy to use online tools and online library of helpful videos, activities, and flyers
• You’ll receive Lakeshore Learning’s Eat, Play and Thrive Kit – a nearly $300 value – when you’ve completed one full cycle in a Go NAPSACC learning domain! 

Contact Megan McKinney Cooper with questions and be sure to register for one of the information sessions.
Space in the Learning Cohort is very limited.

Jump IN works with the Indiana Department of Health to ensure Indiana ECE providers have access to the nutrition and physical activity evidence-based practice assessment tool, Go NAPSACC. Indiana is one of 22 states with a Go NAPSACC license, allowing all providers the opportunity to increase their healthy best practice for free. Developed by the University of North Carolina, Go NAPSACC works with child care providers to improve the health of young children through practices, policies, and environments that instill habits supporting lifelong health and well-being. Go NAPSACC offers seven modules on key topics, including child nutrition, farm to ECE, infant & child physical activity, outdoor play & learning, and more.

As of April 2023, 9,948 child care programs serving over 490,000 children have used Go NAPSACC.

Go NAPSACC is designed with the child care provider in mind. The flexible program allows providers to focus on any of the seven modules mentioned above. The 5 steps of Go NAPSACC help child care providers prioritize, plan, and take action to make healthy changes. 

Are you a child care provider looking to improve your own program? Follow Go NAPSACC’s 5 steps toward healthy changes:

1. Assess current practices and determine areas for improvement by completing self-assessments.
2. Plan for real change that will be a roadmap to success for your program.
3. Take action to reach your goals and utilize Go NAPSACC’s tips and tricks for extra support.
4. Learn more and expand your knowledge to improve practices in your program.
5. Keep it up for continuous improvement that will greatly benefit children and their health.

Jump IN’s work in child care across Indiana from 2017-2025:

Guided by the CDC’s Spectrum of Opportunities, Jump IN leads the work to embed nutrition and physical activity best practices into early childhood provider environments and statewide early childhood systems.  Jump IN has helped secure more than $1.5 million in funding to provide Taking Steps to Healthy Success and Better Together, evidence-based training programs developed by Nemours Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). To date, these have been delivered to 315 providers serving more than 26,000 children. Championing the need for policy changes, in 2018 Jump IN brokered the State’s addition of nutrition and physical activity trainings for providers who access federal dollars through the child care voucher program. With national grant funding, Jump IN led a two-year statewide collaborative to sustainably integrate healthy eating and physical activity best practices into the Indiana child care system with two initiatives: 1) physical activity curricula in Indiana pre-professional training programs and 2) integrating the tools, trainings, and support materials into Indiana’s digital coaching and technical assistance platform. These Jump IN efforts suggest Indiana can incorporate stronger, best-practice health standards into child care licensing requirements, ensuring healthier environments that support children’s growth and development.