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.

Licenses day dare facilities and homes for children. Provides information about the licensing process and provides access to online training. The agency inspects, licenses, and sets the standards for child care centers, child day camps, and private homes caring for 7 or more children.

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 professional development workshops for home and center-based childcare providers. Offers assistance to individuals and groups wanting to start childcare programs (center, home or after school programs), provides center accreditation, Child Development Associate, and Step Up to Quality support and training.

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.

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.

Designed for students ages 11 and older, this online training provides the knowledge and skills necessary to safely and responsibly care for infants and children up to the age of 10, as well as to manage a babysitting business. It takes about 4 hours to complete and makes learning fun with lots of videos and interactive games. A score of 80% or higher on the final exam is required to receive a printable Diploma. Dozens of downloadable resources provide: - Step-by-step instructions for skills, such as spoon-feeding - Summaries of each lesson - Templates for resumes and business cards - Forms to aid parent interviews and more. Course Outline: - The Business of Babysitting - You’re the Boss - Safe and Sound on the Job - Playing with Kids of All Ages - From Feeding to Bedtime: Caring for Kids - It’s an Emergency … Now What - Final Exam.

Teaches responsible and safe babysitting techniques to adolescents. Topics include, but not limited to, infant and child care, basic first aid, rescue skills, injury prevention, behavior management, and nurturing techniques. All participants receive a manual and a test is given at the end of the course. Provides instructional materials and training to enable organizations to offer the Safe Sitter course.

Provides youth services classes with: Babysitter's Training, Disaster Preparedness such as the Pillowcase Project and Prepare with Pedro.

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.

Offers training for early care and learning professionals that includes workshops ranging from early childhood, parent education, leadership development, business and nutrition. Training and technical assistance is also provided on topics such as infant/toddler needs, school-age programming, health and nutrition, and Step Up To Quality. Provides professional development for organizations through on-site or coordinated training, workshops or conferences.

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.

This course prepares students to be better babysitters. Topics include how to provide care for infants and children, how to stay safe, what to do in an emergency, how to choose age-appropriate activities, and how to recognize and handle a variety of behaviors. Many classes are in-person, online, and blended.

Provides a wide variety of personal enrichment activities. Activities for children include acting, public speaking, baby-sitting, dining etiquette, dance/movement, science, arts and crafts, and computers. Classes for adults include acting, arts and crafts, computers, dancing, cooking, yoga, and body sculpting.

4C for Children 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 either virtually or in-person at 4C training locations. Training may include single sessions or series that focus on important child development, early childhood education best practices and basic health and safety training.

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.

Financial assistance to cover day care costs on behalf of low income families so they may participate in OWF and/or education or training to maintain employment. This department also certifies day care providers to provide services through subsidized child care program.

Provides 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. Coaching is meant to enhance existing skills while helping develop new skills for administrators, classroom teachers, or family child care providers.

Provides babysitting instruction for youth.

We offer over 50 trainings annually, including Health & Safety trainings twice annually and Child Development throughout the year. All are Ohio Approved trainings.

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.

Offers computer classes and instruction in dance, foreign languages, gardening, arts and crafts, woodworking, upholstery and babysitting. Also offers self-directed, online classes on a variety of topics.

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 Babysitter's Training and certification through the American Red Cross.

Classes offered in CPR instruction and first aid for adults, infant/child, re-certifications, & professional rescuer.