SY26/27 – Preparedness for Child Care Providers

This course will provide child care providers, in a variety of settings, with the information they need to identify, assess, and plan for hazards at their child care site.

Upon completing this course, the participant will be able to:

• Describe why it is important to be prepared.
• Identify hazards and threats that impact your childcare site.
• Describe how to prevent or mitigate the impact of likely and high-consequence hazards and threats.
• Describe procedures for when an emergency occurs.
• Identify how your childcare site will recover from an emergency.
• Describe how to develop and maintain your plan.
• Describe how you will communicate, train, and practice your preparedness procedures.
• Identify the emergency preparedness information you will share with your community.
• Describe when to update your plan.

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