New York State Health & Safety Mandated Training

The NYS Office of Children and Family Services(OCFS) requires that all new family or group day care providers complete a 15-hour state approved training course before becoming a licensed daycare provider.

This course is also good for existing NYS licensed day care providers for 15 hours of credit towards their 30-hour, bi-annual training requirement.

Participants must attend ALL sessions of the course in order to receive certification. The course consists of 8 parts:

• Preventing Childhood Injuries
• Supervision
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
• Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS)
• Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse
• Food Safety
• Preventing Disease Transmission (PDT)
• Caring for Ill Children

The NYS Mandated Training on Health and Safety course is available only through:

• Registered teacher education programs through New York State and City Continuing Education departments
• Training providers approved by NYS Office of Children and Family Services(OCFS).

NOTE:

• For Additional Information visit:www.tsg.suny.edu/about_health_safety.shtmm
• To find Health and Safety Trainers at SUNY Training Strategies, follow this link: http://www.tsg.suny.edu/olapps/hstrainerlookup/findtrainer.aspx
• Providers may be eligible for scholarship funds through the OCFS Educational Incentive Program (EIP).
  • For more information on EIP, visit: http://www.tsg.suny.edu/eip.shtm
  • Or call 1-800-295-9616