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EPA Highlights Importance of Children’s Health Month with North Philadelphia
Day Care Visit
PHILADELPHIA (October 25, 2023) – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz visited the KenCrest North Daycare Center in
North Philadelphia today in honor of Children’s Health Month. While there,
he visited with students to read “Why is Coco Orange?”, a story of a
chameleon with asthma and discussed the importance of keeping children safe
with staff and parents.
The visit was scheduled to celebrate a nearly $200,000 Healthy Learning
Environments Grant issued to Women for a Healthy Environment (WHE). Funded by
the American Rescue Plan, this 2-year award provides capacity building support
to educate Philadelphia’s early learning community about environmental
hazards in childcare centers and provide action steps to mitigate hazards,
including addressing concerns associated with climate change and Covid-19.
“Visiting schools and daycare centers like KenCrest are great reminders of the
impact our grants have and that each dollar has the power to improve lives and
communities,” said Ortiz. “Children are one of our most important populations
and ensuring they have safe places to live, learn, and play is a top priority
for EPA.”
“Women for a Healthy Environment (WHE) educates the early learning community
about environmental risks to human health, provides action steps providers can
take to mitigate those risks and advocates for solutions that better protect
young children and staff,” said Healthy Buildings Program Manager Lorna
Rosenberg. “We serve parents, students/children, school and early learning
personnel, health, and community-based organizations, through our Healthy
Childcare Champions program, with an emphasis on those living in underserved
communities. “
Women for a Healthy Environment utilizes the Children’s Environmental Health
Network’s Eco-Healthy Checklist in childcares in Philadelphia neighborhoods,
like they did at KenCrest North Childcare Center. Select childcares, including
KenCrest North, are also participating in an indoor air quality study that
utilizes indoor air monitors, observed by Women for a Healthy Environment in
real-time. The results from this study will be announced at a later date.  
“We’ve learned through numerous studies that there is a significant
correlation between air quality, city living, and asthma, and its impact on a
child’s ability to thrive in an educational setting. We’re grateful to the
EPA and WHE for their continued investment in creating safe and healthy
environments for all children to learn, play, and grow,” said KenCrest
Executive Director Melanie Brennan.
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About Women for a Healthy Environment
Women for a Healthy Environment (WHE) educates communities about environmental
risks to human health, provides action steps to mitigate those risks, and
advocates for solutions to better protect the region. WHE serves parents,
students, children, school, and early learning personnel, as well as health
and community-based organizations, with an emphasis on those living in
underserved communities. Creating healthy spaces for children to live, learn
and play is at the core of our work. For more info:
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About KenCrest
KenCrest is an early education provider in Philadelphia, and a human services
organization for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities
throughout Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Connecticut; that supports over 12,500
people per year with a dedicated staff of 2,100 employees. For more
information, visit http://www.KenCrest.org.
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