5.6 Ongoing Health and Safety Training

Lead Agencies must have ongoing training requirements for all caregivers, teachers, and directors of eligible CCDF providers for health and safety standards but have discretion on frequency and training content (e.g., pediatric CPR refresher every year and recertification every 2 years). Lead Agencies have discretion on which health and safety standards are subject to ongoing training. Lead Agencies may exempt relative providers from these requirements. 5.6.1 Required ongoing training of health and safety standards Describe any required ongoing training of health and safety standards for caregivers, teachers, and directors of the following CCDF eligible provider types. a. Licensed child care centers: 1% of annual hours worked of professional development/training including at least one training on a health and safety topic area as defined in the Federal Child Care Development Block Grant law. b. License-exempt child care centers: 1% of annual hours worked of professional development/training including at least one training on a health and safety topic area as defined in the Federal Child Care Development Block Grant law. c. Licensed family child care homes: Ten hours of annual professional development including at least one training on a health and safety topic area as defined in the Federal Child Care Development Block Grant d. License-exempt family child care homes: N/A e. Regulated or registered in-home child care: N/A f. Non-regulated or registered in-home child care: N/A