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: He-C 4002.33: (f) The center director, agency administrator, site coordinator, site director, and all child care staff shall complete 18 hours of professional development within their first 12 months of hire, and annually thereafter, in accordance with the following: (1) A minimum of 3 hours shall be in health and safety topics listed in (b)(2)-(13) above (represents all required CCDF health and safety topics; and (2) The remaining 15 hours shall be in any other areas listed in (k) below. (g) The only exceptions to (f) above shall be: (1) Assistant teachers, associate teachers, group leaders, assistant group leaders, family child care workers, and family child care assistants who work fewer than 25 hours per week year round, or more than 25 hours per week during school vacations, or both, for the same licensee shall: a. Obtain 12 hours of professional development within their first 12 months of hire, and annually thereafter; and b. Of the 12 hours, a minimum of three hours shall be in any of the health and safety areas listed in (b)(2)-(13) above, and the remaining hours shall be in any areas in (j) below; (2) Child care staff attending high school or college full time shall obtain 3 hours of professional development in health and safety areas listed in (b)(2)-(13) above annually; (3) Full time college attendance in (2) above shall mean enrolled in a minimum of 12 credit hours per semester; and (4) Substitutes, as defined in He-C 4002.01(bi). NH was cited and notified of non-compliance on May 23, 2024 for requiring a minimum number of hours of annual ongoing professional development for substitutes in Licensed Child Care Centers and Licensed Family Child Care that maintains and updates health and safety training standards. b. License-exempt child care centers: All required CCDF health and safety topics are included in He-C 6914.04(e) and He-C 6914.04(h) He-C 6916.04 Pre-Service Trainings and Annual Professional Development. All staff shall complete pre-service trainings in accordance with He-C 6914.04. Annual professional development shall be completed in accordance with He-C 6914.04, in that all staff shall: Complete 2 hours of professional development in any of the health and safety topics listed in He-C 6914.04(e) and He-C 6914.04(h); Complete 2 hours of professional development in any of the topics listed in He-C 6914.05(a)(3); and Upload documentation of completion of professional development in (b)(1) and (2) above to the NH professional registry. For staff hired on or prior to the date that the facility-based program initially enrolls with DHHS to receive child care scholarship pursuant to He-C 6914, the annual period for professional development shall begin on the DHHS enrollment date. For staff hired after the date that the facility-based program initially enrolls with DHHS to receive child care scholarship pursuant to He-C 6914, the annual period for professional development shall begin on the date of hire of each individual staff person. c. Licensed family child care homes: He-C 4002.34: (h) Family child care providers and family child care workers shall complete professional development requirements in accordance with He-C 4002.33. He-C 4002.33: (f) The center director, agency administrator, site coordinator, site director, and all child care staff shall complete 18 hours of professional development within their first 12 months of hire, and annually thereafter, in accordance with the following: (1) A minimum of 3 hours shall be in health and safety topics listed in (b)(2)-(13) above represents all required CCDF health and safety topics; and (2) The remaining 15 hours shall be in any other areas listed in (k) below. (g) The only exceptions to (f) above shall be: (1) Assistant teachers, associate teachers, group leaders, assistant group leaders, family child care workers, and family child care assistants who work fewer than 25 hours per week year round, or more than 25 hours per week during school vacations, or both, for the same licensee shall: a. Obtain 12 hours of professional development within their first 12 months of hire, and annually thereafter; and b. Of the 12 hours, a minimum of three hours shall be in any of the health and safety areas listed in (b)(2)-(13) above, and the remaining hours shall be in any areas in (j) below; (2) Child care staff attending high school or college full time shall obtain 3 hours of professional development in health and safety areas listed in (b)(2)-(13) above annually; (3) Full time college attendance in (2) above shall mean enrolled in a minimum of 12 credit hours per semester; and (4) Substitutes, as defined in He-C 4002.01(bi). NH was cited and notified of non-compliance on May 23, 2024 for requiring a minimum number of hours of annual ongoing professional development for substitutes in Licensed Child Care Centers and Licensed Family Child Care that maintains and updates health and safety training standards. d. License-exempt family child care homes: All required CCDF health and safety topics are included in He-C 6914.04(e) and He-C 6914.04(h) He-C 6917.04 Pre-Service Trainings and Annual Professional Development. All staff shall complete pre-service trainings in accordance with He-C 6914.04. Annual professional development shall be completed in accordance with He-C 6914.04, in that all staff shall: Complete 2 hours of professional development in any of the health and safety topics listed in He-C 6914.04(e) and He-C 6914.04(h); Complete 2 hours of professional development in any of the topics listed in He-C 6914.05(a)(3); and Upload documentation of completion of professional development in (b)(1) and (2) above to the NH professional registry. For staff hired on or prior to the date that the facility-based program initially enrolls with DHHS to receive child care scholarship pursuant to He-C 6914, the annual period for professional development shall begin on the DHHS enrollment date. For staff hired after the date that the facility-based program initially enrolls with DHHS to receive child care scholarship pursuant to He-C 6914, the annual period for professional development shall begin on the date of hire of each individual staff person. e. Regulated or registered in-home child care: N/A f. Non-regulated or registered in-home child care: All required CCDF health and safety topics are included in He-C 6914.04(e) and He-C 6914.04(h) He-C 6917.04 Pre-Service Trainings and Annual Professional Development. All staff shall complete pre-service trainings in accordance with He-C 6914.04. Annual professional development shall be completed in accordance with He-C 6914.04, in that all staff shall: Complete 2 hours of professional development in any of the health and safety topics listed in He-C 6914.04(e) and He-C 6914.04(h); Complete 2 hours of professional development in any of the topics listed in He-C 6914.05(a)(3); and Upload documentation of completion of professional development in (b)(1) and (2) above to the NH professional registry. For staff hired on or prior to the date that the facility-based program initially enrolls with DHHS to receive child care scholarship pursuant to He-C 6914, the annual period for professional development shall begin on the DHHS enrollment date. For staff hired after the date that the facility-based program initially enrolls with DHHS to receive child care scholarship pursuant to He-C 6914, the annual period for professional development shall begin on the date of hire of each individual staff person.