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: Child care center administrators and staff members must complete federally required health and safety training under CCDBG Final Rule for each required topic area within one year of employment. After the first year of employment, the child care administrator and any staff who have responsibility for planning and supervising a child care center, and staff who work with children, shall participate in on- going training activities annually. Annual on-going training hours are from five to twenty clock hours depending on the individual's work schedule, education and experience. Federally required Health and safety training under CCDBG Final Rule shall be completed as part of the on-going training so that every five years, all of the topic areas will be covered. Any staff working less than forty hours per week may prorate the required training hours based on the number of working hours per week (required clock hours range from five to twenty hours). b. License-exempt child care centers: This exemption only applies to religious sponsored centers who do not receive CCDF funds. Religious sponsored programs operating with a Notice of Compliance and receiving CCDF subsidy must complete federally required health and safety training topics for each required topic area under CCDBG Final Rule within one year of employment. Federally required Health and safety training under CCDBG Final Rule shall be completed as part of the on-going training so that every five years, all of the topic areas will be covered. c. Licensed family child care homes: Family child care home operators and staff members must complete health and safety training for each federally required topic area under CCDBG Final Rule within one year of employment. After the first year of employment, the child care administrator and any staff who have responsibility for planning and supervising a child care center, and staff who work with children, shall participate in on-going training activities annually. Annual on-going training hours are from five to twenty clock hours depending on the individual's work schedule, education and experience. Federally required health and safety training under CCDBG Final Rule shall be completed as part of the on-going training so that every five years, all of the topic areas will be covered. Any staff working less than forty hours per week may prorate the required training hours based on the number of working hours per week (required clock hours range from five to twenty hours). d. License-exempt family child care homes: Religious sponsored programs operating with a Notice of Compliance and receiving CCDF subsidy must complete federally required health and safety training under CCDBG Final Rule for each required topic area within one year of employment. Federally required health and safety training under CCDBG Final Rule shall be completed as part of the on-going training so that every five years, all of the topic areas will be covered. Non-CCDF religious sponsored child care programs operating with a Notice of Compliance are exempt from on-going training requirements; except for completion of CPR, FA, and IT-SIDS (if applicable). e. Regulated or registered in-home child care: Family child care home operators and staff members must complete federally required health and safety training under CCDBG Final Rule for each required topic area within one year of employment. After the first year of employment, the child care administrator and any staff who have responsibility for planning and supervising a child care center, and staff who work with children, shall participate in on-going training activities annually. Annual on-going training hours are from five to twenty clock hours depending on the individual's work schedule, education and experience. Federally required health and safety training under CCDBG Final Rule shall be completed as part of the on-going training so that every five years, all of the topic areas will be covered. Any staff working less than forty hours per week may prorate the required training hours based on the number of working hours per week (required clock hours range from five to twenty hours). f. Non-regulated or registered in-home child care: Not applicable.