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: The Department currently requires 16 hours annually of on- going training for all providers, directors and staff. This training meets the health and safety requirements as required by CCDF Reauthorization rules. b. License-exempt child care centers: Wyoming requires 8 hours of annual health and safety training for license-exempt providers, not including relatives. This training meets the health and safety requirements as required by CCDF Reauthorization rules. The topics required include: Infectious Disease Control & Sanitation; Emergency Preparedness, Emergency Management and Fire Safety; Recognizing and Reporting Suspect Child Abuse and Neglect; The following components do not need to be completed if the program does not provide care for infants and/or transport children: Safe Sleep Practices & Shaken Baby Syndrome and Transportation Safety. c. Licensed family child care homes: The Department currently requires 16 hours annually of on-going training for all providers, directors and staff. This training meets the health and safety requirements as required by CCDF Reauthorization rules. d. License-exempt family child care homes: Wyoming requires 8 hours of annual health and safety training for license-exempt providers, not including relatives. This training meets the health and safety requirements as required by CCDF Reauthorization rules. The topics required include: Infectious Disease Control & Sanitation; Emergency Preparedness, Emergency Management and Fire Safety; Recognizing and Reporting Suspect Child Abuse and Neglect; The following components do not need to be completed if the program does not provide care for infants and/or transport children: Safe Sleep Practices & Shaken Baby Syndrome and Transportation Safety. e. Regulated or registered in-home child care: Wyoming requires 8 hours of annual health and safety training for license-exempt providers, not including relatives. This training meets the health and safety requirements as required by CCDF Reauthorization rules. The topics required include: Infectious Disease Control & Sanitation; Emergency Preparedness, Emergency Management and Fire Safety; Recognizing and Reporting Suspect Child Abuse and Neglect; The following components do not need to be completed if the program does not provide care for infants and/or transport children: Safe Sleep Practices & Shaken Baby Syndrome and Transportation Safety. f. Non-regulated or registered in-home child care: Non-regulated or registered in-home child care is not monitored by the Department as it is exempt under Wyoming Statute 14- 4-101 through 14-4-111.