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: Providers receive updated information through MERIT and through listserv communications from DCYF. Through WAC 110-300-0107, early learning providers are required to complete 10 hours of annual in-service training. These trainings must be completed in specific core competencies and at minimum, programs complete at least one hour of health and safety training annually on federally required CCDF health and safety topics. All training opportunities that are pre-approved are found through the ￿Find Training￿ tool in MERIT. DCYF sends out information through a govdelivery listserv about new training opportunities as they become available. b. License-exempt child care centers: License-exempt certified child care center providers are required to complete 10 hours of annual in-service training. These trainings must be completed in specific core competencies and at minimum, programs complete at least one hour of health and safety training annually on federally required CCDF health and safety topics. All training opportunities that are pre-approved are found through the ￿Find Training￿ tool in MERIT. DCYF sends out information through a govdelivery listserv about new training opportunities as they become available. A certified for Payment Only license exempt Center is monitored by a separate entity to ensure it initially meets and maintains standards prescribed by its governing body: the federal military; a local, state or federal government; or the federally-recognized Tribe. c. Licensed family child care homes: Providers receive updated information through MERIT and through listserv communications from DCYF. Through WAC 110-300-0107, early learning providers are required to complete 10 hours of annual in-service training. These trainings must be completed in specific core competencies and at minimum, programs complete at least one hour of health and safety training annually on federally required CCDF health and safety topics. All training opportunities that are pre-approved are found through the ￿Find Training￿ tool in MERIT. DCYF sends out information through a govdelivery listserv about new training opportunities as they become available. d. License-exempt family child care homes: License-exempt certified family home providers are required to complete 10 hours of annual in-service training. These trainings must be completed in specific core competencies and at minimum, programs complete at least one hour of health and safety training annually on federally required CCDF health and safety topics. All training opportunities that are pre-approved are found through the ￿Find Training￿ tool in MERIT. DCYF sends out information through a govdelivery listserv about new training opportunities as they become available. A certified for Payment Only license exempt family home is monitored by a separate entity to ensure it initially meets and maintains standards prescribed by its governing body: the federal military; a local, state or federal government; or the federally-recognized Tribe. e. Regulated or registered in-home child care: na f. Non-regulated or registered in-home child care: Non-relative FFN providers must complete a minimum of two hours of health and safety training annually. The training must include, but is not limited to, prevention and control of infectious diseases; emergency preparedness and response planning for natural disasters and human-caused events; recognizing and prevention of shaken baby syndrome, head trauma abuse, neglect, and child maltreatment; and prevention of sudden infant death syndrome and safe sleep practices, if caring for an infant or toddler.