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4C for Children’s Quality Programs Department offers coaching and technical assistance supports to child care providers to enhance the quality of care for children, and to help them achieve or increase a Step Up To Quality rating in the state's quality rating system. 4C for Children coaching staff will meet with providers in a variety of ways, depending on what works best for their program. They may come on-site to a program or do a visit virtually. Coaching is meant to enhance existing skills while helping develop new skills for administrators, classroom teachers, or family child care providers.
Child Care Resource and Referral Agency. Parent Referral Service for parents/caregivers looking for child care and preschool services. Provide home and center based child care and preschool programs with support, coaching and assistance to help increase the quality of their programming through Step Up To Quality rating system; Early Childhood specialists provide on-site support and coaching to teachers and administrators. Provide professional development training to early childhood professionals.

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Professional Continuing Education
Specialized Information and Referral
Extended Child Care
Child Care Issues
Child Care Provider Referrals
Child Care Instruction
Provides baby sitting instruction, general first aid and babysitting instruction to youth between 11 through 17, with accident prevention, diapering, feeding and emergency first aid services so as to prepare for the job as a babysitter
Offers youth courses that include babysitting education. Provides health & safety training for adults in the workplace, church, school or civic group and individuals. Topics included CPR, AED (defibrillator), first aid as well as blood borne pathogens. Choose from pre-scheduled classed or groups of 8 or more schedule their own time.

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CPR Instruction
Automated External Defibrillator Training
Child Care Instruction
Public Awareness/Education
This in-person course, which takes about 6 hours, teaches the same topics as the online babysitter training class, plus it offers hands-on skills practice and additional training in first aid. You can also sign up for Babysitter’s Training with Pediatric First Aid/CPR, which takes about 9 ½ hours and also offers a 2-year certification in Pediatric First Aid/CPR. A digital certificate is available upon successful completion of this course. In class, you learn how to: - Respond to emergencies with first aid, rescue breathing and more - Make good decisions under pressure - Communicate effectively with parents - Recognize safety and hygiene issues - Manage young children - Feed, diaper and care for infants - Start your babysitting business.
Red Cross offers an array of community education including first aid/ CPR, AED, HIV/AIDS facts, Baby sitter training, blood borne pathogens, and sport safety training. May offer free smoke alarms as well as testing existing alarms and providing home fire preparedness training.

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General First Aid Instruction
CPR Instruction
Automated External Defibrillator Training
Babysitting Instruction
Volunteer Opportunities
Smoke Alarms
Provides Ohio Approved in-person or virtual training to help early childhood professionals advance their skills, programs and careers. Child care providers learn from highly qualified instructors while interacting with other early childhood professionals. Training may include single sessions or series that focus on important child development, early childhood education best practices and basic health and safety training.
Educates parents and care givers on quality indicators of child care, makes referrals to child care providers, helps link families to community resources, provides general and Step Up to Quality approved trainings to early care and education professionals, offers CDA credential training, and supports child care programs through technical assistance and resources.

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Child Care Provider Referrals
Child Care Provider Training
Provides calendar of community training workshops, seminars, and programs pertaining to child care and early education. Also offers family childcare home providers support, materials, consultation, and networking opportunities. Provides training to professionals regarding children with special needs who are in their care.
Provides a referral service to help families find appropriate child care resources and schools such as nursery schools, pre-schools, Head Start programs, before and after school care, and in-home care. Offers families information on choosing a child care provider. Provides training for child care providers. Maintains a calendar of child care training opportunities.

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Preschool Referral Programs
Child Care Provider Referrals
Child Care Provider Training
Provides information and referral on available child care resources; information on parenting concerns or issues. Community based support services for families. Support services for persons operating child care businesses and support services for persons interested in starting a child care business.

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Family Resource Centers/Outreach
Child Care Issues
Child Care Instruction
Child Care Provider Referrals
Specialized Information and Referral
Provides programming and information on nutrition, food safety, budgeting, babysitting, worksite wellness, sun safety, mental health first aid, and food preservation.

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Nutrition Education
Babysitting Instruction
Financial Literacy Training
Food Safety Education
Workshops/Symposiums
Mental Health Issues
Offers a variety of programming and classes available to the community including but not limited to: arts and crafts instruction, computer classes, babysitting instruction, dance classes, foreign language instruction, gardening classes, musical instrument training, financial planning, small business development, cooking classes, and dog obedience.

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Gardening/Landscaping Instruction
Arts and Crafts Instruction
Computer Literacy Training Programs
Babysitting Instruction
Small Business Development
Financial Literacy Training
Animal Training
Music Instruction
Dance Instruction
CPR Instruction
Responsible for control and extinguishing of fires in an urban setting; provide emergency medical services to the community the inspection of buildings and property to eliminate potential fire hazards; provide community wide fire safety, first aid, CPR, and life safety education; and training of firefighters and emergency medical technicians to maintain high quality of service in a timely manner.

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Wildland Fire Preparedness Information
Carbon Monoxide Testing
Household Hazardous Materials Information
Air Accident Rescue
Home Safety Evaluations
Disaster Relief/Recovery Organizations
Latchkey/Home Alone Safety Programs
Fire Extinguishers
Building Inspection
Fire Prevention Information
Fire Suppression Systems
Halloween Safety Education
Fire Conditions Bulletins
Child Care Instruction
Safety Advisories
Fire Advisories
Traffic Accident Rescue
Fire Control/Extinction
Bicycle Safety Education
Roller Skating/Skateboarding Safety Education
Fire Services
911 Services
Provides financial assistance for child care to eligible residents of Ottawa County; also provides information and training to become a certified Type B Childcare provider in Ottawa County.

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Child Care Provider Training
Child Care Expense Assistance
Provides a program that teaches responsible and safe babysitting techniques to grandparents. Participants will learn how to provide the best and safest care for their grandchildren. They will also learn the latest information on how to safely care for infants and children and how to manage the behavior of children of all ages, in addition to life-saving skills such as choking rescue, first aid, and injury management. Grandparents will learning tips on creating a good relationship from the start as well as learning to say no to every request to babysit. This will enhance their relationship with their children and create lasting memories with their grandchildren.
Provides babysitting and child care instruction. Include topics such as choosing age-appropriate activities, basic child care, like bottle feeding, child behavior, leadership, professionalism, safety, starting a babysitting business, and more. Please note: classes are not intended for those seeking certification for state-licensed child care providers and does not meet all state requirements for such certification.
Provides Ohio Approved in-person or virtual training to help early childhood professionals advance their skills, programs and careers. Child care providers learn from highly qualified instructors while interacting with other early childhood professionals. Training may include single sessions or series that focus on important child development, early childhood education best practices and basic health and safety training.
4C for Children provides free child care referrals to families through a comprehensive database of child care centers, preschool programs, family child care homes, Head Start programs and after-school programs.

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Child Care Provider Recruitment
Child Care Provider Training
Child Care Provider Referrals
CPR instruction and resource and service fairs.

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Babysitting Instruction
Scrapbooking Instruction
CPR Instruction
Resource and Service Fairs
Offers a number of different trainings for child care providers. Maintains a calendar of community training workshops, seminars, and programs pertaining to child care issues. Provides information on topics of interest to child care providers and those who wish to become child care providers. Also offers day care home providers support, materials, consultation, and networking opportunities.

Provides a wide range of services for families, including referrals to child care and early education programs that meet their family needs for child care. Provides assistance to parents and families on a variety of parenting topics, including discipline, literacy and special needs. Provides childcare provider training, a lending library with books and supplies for childcare providers, fingerprinting services, and the Step Up To Quality program for type A childcare providers.

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Specialized Information and Referral
Preschool Referral Programs
Child Care Provider Training
Child Care Provider Referrals
Models and teaches skills to enhance the capacities of all caregivers working directly with young children who present significant social, emotional and/or behavioral challenges. When further services are needed, connects child care settings and families to appropriate education and community mental health services and assists with care coordination.
Provides a wide variety of personal enrichment classes for children and adults of all ages. Offerings include, but are not limited to, arts and crafts, business and financial management, computers, cooking, dance, fitness, tai-chi, yoga, health awareness, meditation, gardening, foreign languages, travel, self-defense, photography, babysitting classes, acting, car care, college preparation and job search strategies.

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Acting Instruction
Dance Instruction
Self Defense Training
Financial Literacy Training
Babysitting Instruction
Language Instruction
General Health Education Programs
Writing Instruction
Yoga
Gardening/Landscaping Instruction
Social Skills Training
Physical Fitness
Do It Yourself Instruction
Arts and Crafts Instruction
Computer Literacy Training Programs
Provides babysitting instruction for youth.