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Child Care Assistance Program Policy Manual Issued 07/2023 Legal Nonlicensed Providers – Training Requirements 11.9.9 • Supervising for Safety – Legally Nonlicensed (8 hours) - If the provider has cared for unrelated children for more than 90 days, the training is required within the last 12 months. - If the provider has cared for unrelated children for less than 90 days, Supervising for Safety training is required within 90 days of the Service Authorization being issued. If the provider has not taken Supervisor for Safety at renewal, the provider must provide proof of an additional eight hours of training. • Pediatric First Aid must be current at time of renewal. Providers are not required to maintain current certification throughout their registration period. • Pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) must be current at time of renewal. Providers are not required to maintain current certification throughout their registration period. See "Entering training information in MEC²” below for guidance about tracking training completion in MEC2. Determining the provider’s relationship Related means the provider is the child’s sibling, grandparent, great-grandparent, aunt, or uncle of the child, based on blood relationship, marriage or court decree. Families report on the child care application or redetermination form if the provider is related or not related. Agencies should assume the provider is not related unless the family informs the agency that they are related. Code the “Related to” field on the Child’s Provider window in MEC² as “Yes” if the provider is the child’s sibling, grandparent, great-grandparent, aunt, or uncle, based on blood relationship, marriage or court decree. Training verification Legal nonlicensed providers must verify all required training. Legal nonlicensed providers can include training information on their CCAP Legal Nonlicensed Provider Registration and Acknowledgement DHS 5192 (PDF). Legal nonlicensed providers can submit proof of training or the provider or CCAP agency can contact the department if they have taken training through Develop but do not have proof. Entering training information in MEC2 Once training is verified, the provider worker must update the provider’s Training window in MEC² to include the date training was completed. Enter: • Pediatric CPR in the “Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)” field. • Pediatric First Aid in the “First Aid” field. • Preventing Abusive Head Trauma (AHT) in the “Abusive Head Trauma” field.