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: Directors: 20 hours annually; program personnel: 12 hours annually. All personnel obtain CPR and first aid certification within 90 days of employment and is kept current. b. License-exempt child care centers: The provisions of the Oklahoma Child Care Facility Licensing Act shall not apply to exempt programs, therefore these programs are exempt from licensing and are not CCDF-eligible c. Licensed family child care homes: Primary Caregivers of a Family Child Care Home: 12 hours annually; Primary Caregivers of a Large Family Child Care Home: 15 hours annually. All caregivers obtain CPR and first aid certification before being left alone with children and is kept current. The Lead Agency received a preliminary finding of non-compliance with CCDF Pre-Orientation training and Safety Requirements on June 14, 2024. The finding is due to all providers, specifically substitutes and assistants in family child homes and large family child care homes not completing and established minimum hours of annual training and professional development. The Lead Agency will implement emergency Oklahoma Administrative Code changes to licensing requirements with an anticipated effective date of November 2026. d. License-exempt family child care homes: The provisions of the Oklahoma Child Care Facility Licensing Act shall not apply to exempt programs, therefore these programs are exempt from licensing and are not CCDF-eligible. e. Regulated or registered in-home child care: The provisions of the Oklahoma Child Care Facility Licensing Act shall not apply to exempt programs, therefore these programs are exempt from licensing and are not CCDF-eligible. f. Non-regulated or registered in-home child care: The provisions of the Oklahoma Child Care Facility Licensing Act shall not apply to exempt programs, therefore these programs are exempt from licensing and are not CCDF-eligible.