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: 922 KAR 2:090 Child Care center licensure Section 11 Staff Requirements Subsection 16 (c) Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma must be completed every five years (referencing https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/kar/titles/922/002/090/, Section 11 (16)(c).) Fifteen (15) hours of cabinet-approved early care and education training completed between July 1 and the following June 30 of each subsequent year of employment in a child care program, including one and one-half (1 1/2) hours of cabinet-approved pediatric abusive head trauma training completed once every five (5) years. We do not require ongoing training specific to health and safety areas or topics. The continuing education that providers take can cover any topic area. CPR and First Aid certification must be renewed according to the requirements of the certifying entity and documented in ECE-TRIS. b. License-exempt child care centers: N/A c. Licensed family child care homes: 922 KAR 2:100 Section 2 Certification Process Subsection 9 (b)(2) Nine (9) hours of cabinet-approved training annually between July 1 and the following June 30 of each subsequent year of operation, including one and one-half (11/2) hours of cabinet-approved pediatric abusive head trauma training completed once every five (5) years. d. License-exempt family child care homes: N/A e. Regulated or registered in-home child care: Registered relative child care providers do not have ongoing training requirements. f. Non-regulated or registered in-home child care: Registered relative child care providers do not have ongoing training requirements.