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: Staff working in licensed group child care centers are required to complete continuing education annually. Minimal continuing education hours (15 hours annually) must be related to CCDF health and safety requirements and any other topics that promote child development and/or protect children’s health and safety. Licensed and license-exempt group providers are required to obtain and maintain infant/child CPR training and are required to complete child abuse and neglect training at least every two years, which includes child abuse and neglect laws, how to identify child abuse and neglect, and the procedure for reporting suspected abuse or neglect of a child. The Lead Agency has submitted a corrective action plan to ACF-OCC regarding the requirement to ensure Licensed Day Camps to complete ongoing training. This corrective action plan will include updates to the administrative rules and policies governing the ongoing training of Licensed Day Camps. The corrective action plan is effective through August 30, 2026. b. License-exempt child care centers: Pursuant to Wis. Statutes, s.120.13(14), public school programs are exempt from licensure but are required to meet applicable licensing standards under DCF 251.Staff working in licensed group child care centers are required to complete continuing education annually. Minimal continuing education hours (15 hours annually) must be related to CCDF health and safety requirements and any other topics that promote child development and/or protect children’s health and safety. Licensed and license-exempt group providers are required to obtain and maintain infant/child CPR training and are required to complete child abuse and neglect training at least every two years, which includes child abuse and neglect laws, how to identify child abuse and neglect, and the procedure for reporting suspected abuse or neglect of a child. c. Licensed family child care homes: The licensee and staff working in licensed family child care centers are required to complete continuing education annually. Minimal continuing education hours (15 hours annually) must be related to CCDF health and safety requirements and any other topics that promote child development and/or protect children’s health and safety. Licensed and license-exempt group providers are required to obtain and maintain infant/child CPR training and are required to complete child abuse and neglect training at least every two years, which includes child abuse and neglect laws, how to identify child abuse and neglect, and the procedure for reporting suspected abuse or neglect of a child. d. License-exempt family child care homes: License-exempt family child care providers are required to complete five hours of continuing education annually. Minimal continuing education hours (five hours annually) must be related to CCDF health and safety requirements and any other topics that promote child development and/or protect children’s health and safety. License-exempt providers are required to obtain and maintain infant/child CPR training. e. Regulated or registered in-home child care: License-exempt in-home family child care providers are required to complete five hours of continuing education annually. Minimal continuing education hours (five hours annually) must be related to CCDF health and safety requirements and any other topics that promote child development and/or protect children’s health and safety. License-exempt providers are required to obtain and maintain infant/child CPR training f. Non-regulated or registered in-home child care: N/A