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: All applicable staff are required to take an annual EEC Essentials Refresher package which includes training on health and safety standards as required by CCDF Rule. These trainings are available in multiple languages on EEC’s StrongStart Learning Management System (LMS) and completion is tracked by EEC licensing staff. All staff that are included in the count for the maintenance of licensing ratios and group size must complete the entire package, regardless of the frequency that they work. This includes volunteers, interns, and substitutes that are counted in ratio. b. License-exempt child care centers: All applicable staff are required to take an annual EEC Essentials Refresher package which includes training on health and safety standards as required by CCDF Rule. These trainings are available in multiple languages on EEC’s StrongStart Learning Management System (LMS) and completion is tracked by EEC licensing staff. All staff that are included in the count for the maintenance of licensing ratios and group size must complete the entire package, regardless of the frequency that they work. This includes volunteers, interns, and substitutes that are counted in ratio. c. Licensed family child care homes: All applicable staff are required to take an annual EEC Essentials Refresher package which includes training on health and safety standards as required by CCDF Rule. These trainings are available in multiple languages on EEC’s StrongStart Learning Management System (LMS) and completion is tracked by EEC licensing staff. All staff that are included in the count for the maintenance of licensing ratios and group size must complete the entire package, regardless of the frequency that they work. This includes volunteers, interns, and substitutes that are counted in ratio. d. License-exempt family child care homes: NA, we do not have license-exempt FCCs e. Regulated or registered in-home child care: NA, we do not license in-home child care providers f. Non-regulated or registered in-home child care: All applicable staff are required to take an annual EEC Essentials Refresher package which includes training on health and safety standards as required by CCDF Rule. These trainings are available in multiple languages on EEC’s StrongStart Learning Management System (LMS) and completion is tracked by EEC licensing staff. All staff that are included in the count for the maintenance of licensing ratios and group size must complete the entire package, regardless of the frequency that they work. This includes volunteers, interns, and substitutes that are counted in ratio.