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: Caregivers in licensed child care centers are required to complete 12 clock hours of training approved by the Lead Agency from January 1 to December 31 of each year. The clock hour training shall include one (1) or more of the department-approved content areas. The eight (8) content areas address child development, family-teacher partnerships, child observation, developmentally appropriate practice, early childhood curriculum, professionalism, health and safety, and leadership. Ongoing, required training includes CCDF required health and safety topics. b. License-exempt child care centers: Caregivers in license-exempt centers are required to complete six hours of training approved by the Lead Agency annually. Approved trainings are stored in the MOPD system and provider can choose six hours from those trainings annually. The content areas that the Lead Agency uses when approving trainings are: child development, family-teacher partnerships, child observation, developmentally appropriate practice, early childhood curriculum, professionalism, health and safety, and leadership. Ongoing, required training includes CCDF required health and safety topics. c. Licensed family child care homes: Caregivers in licensed child care homes are required to complete 12 clock hours of training approved by the Lead Agency from January 1 to December 31 of each year. The clock hour training shall include one (1) or more of the department-approved content areas. The eight (8) content areas address child development, family-teacher partnerships, child observation, developmentally appropriate practice, early childhood curriculum, professionalism, health and safety, and leadership. Ongoing, required training includes CCDF required health and safety topics. d. License-exempt family child care homes: Caregivers in license-exempt family child care homes are required to complete six hours annually. Approved trainings are stored in the MOPD system and provider can choose six hours from those trainings annually. The content areas that the Lead Agency uses when approving trainings are: child development, family-teacher partnerships, child observation, developmentally appropriate practice, early childhood curriculum, professionalism, health and safety, and leadership. Ongoing, required training includes CCDF required health and safety topics. e. Regulated or registered in-home child care: Caregivers are required to complete six hours annually. Approved trainings are stored in the MOPD system and provider can choose six hours from those trainings annually. The content areas that the Lead Agency uses when approving trainings are: child development, family-teacher partnerships, child observation, developmentally appropriate practice, early childhood curriculum, professionalism, health and safety, and leadership. Ongoing, required training includes CCDF required health and safety topics. f. Non-regulated or registered in-home child care: Caregivers are required to complete six hours annually. Approved trainings are stored in the MOPD system and provider can choose six hours from those trainings annually. The content areas that the Lead Agency uses when approving trainings are: child development, family-teacher partnerships, child observation, developmentally appropriate practice, early childhood curriculum, professionalism, health and safety, and leadership. Ongoing, required training includes CCDF required health and safety topics.