Ongoing Health and Safety Training

(a) An owner or operator of a licensed day care home or group day care home or the onsite executive director of a licensed day care center must successfully complete a basic training course in providing care to children with disabilities. The basic training course will also be made available on a voluntary basis to those providers who are exempt from the licensure requirements of this Act.

(b) The Department of Children and Family Services shall promulgate rules establishing the requirements for basic training in providing care to children with disabilities.

(Source: P.A. 92-164, eff. 1-1-02.)

By July 1, 2022, all licensed day care home providers, licensed group day care home providers, and licensed day care center directors and classroom staff shall participate in at least one training that includes the topics of early childhood social emotional learning, infant and early childhood mental health, early childhood trauma, or adverse childhood experiences. Current licensed providers, directors, and classroom staff shall complete training by July 1, 2022 and shall participate in training that includes the above topics at least once every 3 years.

Section 407.50 Application for License

10) Applicants shall submit with their initial application a certificate of completion of lead safety training consisting of instruction in the following topics: A) Mitigation plans for test results of 2.01 ppb or above; and B) Impact of lead exposure.

Section 407.65 Provisions Pertaining to Permits

a) A permit shall not be issued prior to the following:

2) Employment of a child care director who has passed the background check requirements of 89 Ill. Adm. Code 385, Background Checks, who meets the standards set forth in Section 407.130 and who has submitted three references and proof of education; 3) Employment of staff who meet the requirement for first-aid, Heimlich maneuver, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) found in Section 407.100(h), with the food service sanitation requirements, and the development of a projected staffing plan indicating the timetable by which additional qualified staff shall be hired;

Section 407.70 Organization and Administration

e) As a part of new staff orientation, the child care director and all staff shall review the following documents and the date of their review shall be recorded in the personnel files: 1) the Child Care Act of 1969 [225 ILCS 10]; 2) the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act, as amended [325 ILCS 5]; and 3) the portions of 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407 (Licensing Standards for Day Care Centers) that affect their functions and responsibilities.

Section 407.90 Staffing Structure

b) The day care center shall employ a qualified child care director to oversee the program and administer day-to-day operations. The child care director shall be responsible for the planning and supervision of the program and activities of the children; orientation to newly employed staff; on-site supervision of all staff; and in-service training totaling a minimum of 15 clock hours per year for each member of the child care staff.

4) When all children are under the age of two, an early childhood assistant 18 years of age or older with one year of experience (1560 clock hours) providing childcare in a day care setting licensed pursuant to 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406, 407 or 408, or a license-exempt childcare setting as defined in 89 Ill. Adm. Code 377, may provide direct supervision to a classroom without the presence of an early childhood teacher for three hours per classroom, if they have successfully completed the Department of Human Services Child Development, Health, and Safety Basics training which adheres to federal standards set forth in 45 CFR 98.41.

Section 407.100 General Requirements for Personnel

c) Child care staff shall be willing to participate in activities leading to professional growth in child development and education, and in training related to the specific needs of the children served. 1) The director and each child care staff member shall participate in 15 clock hours of in-service training per year. For the first year of employment, topics that must be included in the training are staff requirements to recognize and report suspected child abuse or neglect, how to make a child abuse or neglect report, rules governing the operation of the facility, and the legal protection afforded to persons who report violations of licensing standards. Subsequent in-service training may include, but shall not be limited to, child development, symptoms of common childhood illnesses, hygiene, guidance and discipline, and communication with parents.

2) A record of in-service training shall be maintained at the site. 3) The required in-service training hours may consist of on-site training; documented attendance at seminars, workshops, conferences and early childhood classes; and documented self-study programs that have been approved by the day care center director. Staff meetings may be counted only if a planned in-service program is presented. 4) Staff serving children who require special program services shall receive inservice training and/or consultation on issues related to those specific needs. 5) By September 1, 2012, all child care staff employed by the day care center, assistants and the director shall become members of the Gateways to Opportunity Registry, with all educational and training credentials entered into the registry verified in accordance with procedures and requirements adopted by the Department of Human Services (see 89 Ill. Adm. Code 50.Subpart G). Newly hired staff serving children shall become members of the Gateways to Opportunity Registry within 30 days after hire. 6) The director and each child care staff member must complete the online Mandated Reporter Training that is available on the Department's website. Current staff must complete this training by October 15, 2014. Newly hired staff must complete this training within 30 days after hire. 7) If the facility is licensed to care for newborns and infants, all newly hired day care center staff shall take and complete the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) trainings within 30 days after hire. 8) Every 3 years, all child care staff in a facility licensed to care for newborns and infants, including the day care center director, shall receive training on the nature of Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID), SIDS and the safe sleep recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Section 407.130 Qualifications for Child Care Director

k) The child care director must successfully complete a basic training course of 6 or more clock hours on providing care to children with disabilities that has been approved by the Department. The day care center shall have on file a certificate attesting to the training of the child care director. 1) Persons employed as a child care director shall complete this training within 36 months from date appointed as child care director. 2) A child care director who has completed training prior to employment may have that training approved as meeting the provisions of this subsection (k). A certificate of training completion and a description of the course content must be submitted to the Department for approval. 3) A child care director who obtains approved training and moves from one day care facility to another shall not be required to take another training course as long as the child care director can provide documentation in the form of a certificate that the training was completed. 4) A training program approved by the Department in providing care for children with disabilities must include the following components: A) Introduction to Inclusive Child Care; B) Understanding Child Development in Relation to Disabilities;

C) Building Relationships With Families; D) Preparing for and Including Young Children in the Child Care Setting; and E) Community Services for Young Children With Disabilities (including Early Intervention Services).

Providers must complete CPR/First Aid and Child Abuse and Neglect Mandated Reporter training before being paid to care for children on the assistance program unsupervised. Providers must complete all required trainings within the first 90 days of providing care.

b. License-exempt child care centers: All license-exempt non-relative providers receiving CCDF funding must complete at least six (6) hours of approved Child Development, Health & Safety training prior to their anniversary date each year.

c. Licensed family child care homes: Appendix D- Day Care Homes

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) education (training is required for new applicants and assistants to care for newborns and infants, and every three years thereafter for the life of the license)

Shaken Baby Syndrome (training is required for new applicants and assistants

licensed to care for newborns and infants, and every three years thereafter for the life of the license)

Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) (training is required for new applicants and assistants licensed to care for newborns and infants, and every three years thereafter for the life of the license)

Department-approved Mandated Reporter Training -Every three years per the Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act.

Licensed providers shall complete 15 clock hours of in-service training per period of the

licensing year. Caregivers obtaining clock hours in excess of the required 15 clock hours per year may apply up to 5 clock hours to the next year's training requirements.

9 (n)-The licensee who is the primary caregiver shall be certified in first aid, the Heimlich maneuver and infant/child cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) by the American Red Cross, the American Heart Association or other entity approved by the Illinois Department of Public Health.

9 (o) During the hours of operation of the day care home, there shall be at least one person on the premises certified in first aid, the Heimlich maneuver and infant/child cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) by the American Red Cross or the American

Heart Association, or other entity approved by the Illinois Department of Public Health. The caregivers shall have on file current certificates attesting to the training.

Appendix G ( Group Day Care Home)

d) Licensed providers shall meet the 15 clock hour requirements for in-service trainingper period of licensing year. Caregivers obtaining clock hours in excess of the required 15 clock hours per year may apply up to 5 clock hours to the next year'straining requirements.

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) education (training is required for new applicants and assistants to care for newborns and infants, and every three years thereafter for the life of the license)

Shaken Baby Syndrome (training is required for new applicants and assistants licensed to care for newborns and infants, and every three years thereafter for the life of the license)

Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) (training is required for new applicants and assistants licensed to care for newborns and infants, and every three years thereafter for the life of the license)

Department-approved Mandated Reporter Training -Every three years per the Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act.

408.25(a)(5)-The applicant who is the primary caregiver has been certified in first aid, the Heimlich maneuver, and infant/child cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in accordance with Section 408.35(i);

408.35(i)-During hours of operation of the group day care home, there shall be at least one person on the premises certified in first aid, the Heimlich maneuver and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) by the American Red Cross, the American Heart Association or other entity approved by the Illinois Department of Public Health. CPR certification shall be for the age range of children in care. The caregivers shall have on file current certificates attesting to the training.

d. License-exempt family child care homes: All license-exempt non-relative providers must complete at least six (6) hours of approved Child Development, Health & Safety training prior to their anniversary date each year.

e. Regulated or registered in-home child care: All license-exempt non-relative providers must complete at least six (6) hours of approved Child Development, Health & Safety training prior to their anniversary date each year.

f. Non-regulated or registered in-home child care: N/A.