Resources for Caregivers & Licensed Child Care Providers
Below are essential tools and information for licensed child care providers and caregivers in Johnson County. From training opportunities and licensing requirements to health and safety guidance, these resources support your efforts to create a safe, nurturing environment for children and families.
- Kansas Legislature: Laws regarding child care
- Kansas Department of Health and Environment: Child care licensing and registration program
- Kansas Fire Marshal: Office of the State Fire Marshal
- Zero to Three: Educational resource for parents and providers for children aged zero to three years
- National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education: Resources to improve the quality of child care and early education programs
- Day Care Connection: Food program sponsor for licensed home day care providers.
- Financial Opportunities for Providers: Explore low- or no-cost scholarships, learning opportunities and other financial initiatives available to Kansas providers to grow your skills, advance your career and help cover the costs of caring for children and families.
- Futures First: Helps parents and caregivers find child care and provides parenting tips and a parenting class calendar. Provides training and technical assistance for child care providers and is a food program sponsor for home day care providers.
- Child Care Prepared: Emergency preparedness planning and training program for licensed child care facilities and homes in Johnson, Miami and Franklin counties in Kansas.
- Foodsafety.gov: Get the latest food safety news, sign up for recalls and alerts, and learn how to keep food safe
- Disease and Symptom Exclusion Recommendations/Regulations (English / Spanish): Recommended exclusion for disease and symptoms.
- Breastfeeding Support in Child Care: Summary of what child care providers need to know to support breastfeeding families.
- Raising JoCo: Raising JOCO is a coalition of early childhood educators, business leaders, and community advocates collaborating to identify feasible and sustainable solutions for improving the early childhood community.
- Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition: Resources to become a Breastfeeding Friendly Child Care Provider.
- Johnson County Department of Health and Environment: JCDHE offers a variety of required and elective training classes for child care providers. Most classes are low-cost and meet Health & Safety or licensing requirements.
- Kansas Child Care Training Opportunities: Provides a hub for early childhood professionals to access training, manage growth, and track career milestones.
- Care Courses: All Care Courses (except for Child Abuse and Neglect training) are accepted by KDHE for clock hours for all program types.
- Kansas City First Aid: Offers a blended learning class for Spanish-speaking individuals. The participant will do an online portion of the class taught in Spanish, then have an interpreter with them during the one-hour skills test with an instructor.
- KS-TRAIN: Online learning opportunities.
- KS Early Learning Standards: The KELS provide information regarding what young children should know and be able to do as a result of engagement with caring knowledgeable adults, evidence-based curriculum, and developmentally appropriate activities.
- Kansas Children’s Service League: Online learning opportunities.
- IACET trainings – Teachstone
- Pro-Solutions
- Child Start, Inc.
- ContinuED
- Think Small Institute
- Applebaum Training Institute
- Penn State Extension
- Smart Horizons
- Cypherworx
- Child Start
- Cox Campus
- Sesame Workshop
- The University of Kansas LEND Childcare Provider Training
- Johnson County Community College
- Charlie's House YouTube Channel: A variety of short videos to help you make your home safe and injury-free.
- Safe Kids Johnson County