This 30-hour course is required of all child care lead teachers, program supervisors, and directors in Washington State. Topics include the basic core knowledge of childhood development, guidance and behavior, health, and safety. The Imagine Institute is the primary organization training Family, Friends, and Neighbors providers in Child Care Basics.

All classes are from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Complete all three days of training to receive your $750 bonus. Click here to register.

Electronic Attendance + Health and Safety (5 hours)

This training covers two important topics for FFNs. First, the new health and safety training required of all non-relative Family, Friend and Neighbor providers. Second, the Electronic Attendance System training. This training is required of all Family, Friend and Neighbor child care providers.

First Aid/CPR/Bloodborne Pathogens (5 hours)

This training covers life-saving health and safety practices for adults, children and infants.

Classes are from 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM. Attend both days of training to receive your $500 bonus. Click here to register.

Non-Relative Mandatory FFN Training: First Aid/CPR/Bloodborne Pathogens + Health and Safety (8 hours)

This training is required of all non-relative FFN child care providers. It covers both a new health and safety training developed by the Department of Children, Youth, and Families and First Aid, CPR, and Blood Borne Pathogens.

FFN Health and Safety training is from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Attend and receive a $250 bonus. Click here to register.

Subsidy Billing and Electronic Attendance System (8 hours)

This training provides information about Washington State subsidy eligibility, billing and payment for Family, Friends and Neighbors child care providers. In addition to important information on subsidy billing, participants will learn about the State's new electronic attendance system requirement. All child care providers who started accepting Working Connections or Seasonal Child Care subsidy payments prior to October 1, 2018 will be required to use an electronic attendance system by November 1, 2019. All providers who started accepting subsidy after October 1, 2018 have 90 days to complete the training and log a successful transaction using the Electronic Attendance System. For more information, you can visit DCYF’s website here: https://www.dcyf.wa.gov/services/early-learning-providers/electronic-attendance-system/training

Subsidy Billing and Electronic Attendance System training is from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Attend and receive a $250 bonus. Click here to register.

This training is a sample of our innovative PREPARE for Care program, which provides an anti-racist and trauma-informed framework for early childhood educators aimed at mitigating the impacts of racism on children and to increase kindergarten readiness. 

Classes are from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Attend and receive a $250 bonus. Click here to register.

This training is designed to help Family, Friend and Neighbor child care providers find strategies to effectively care for children who exhibit challenging behavior like aggression, tantrums and defiance in order to reduce the rate of expulsion in Washington.

Classes are from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Attend and receive a $250 bonus. Click here to register.

This two-day Special Needs 1 course is designed so that participants will gain an understanding of typical child development, recognizing red flags and how to engage families in initial conversations of support.

Classes are from 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM. Attend both days of training to receive your $500 bonus. Click here to register.

This two-day Special Needs 1 course is designed so that participants will gain an understanding of typical child development, recognizing red flags and how to engage families in initial conversations of support.

Classes are from 10:00 am to 3:30 pm. Attend both days and receive a $300 bonus. You may choose to attend multiple trainings but will receive one bonus per license, per fiscal year (July 1, 2019-June 30, 2020). Click here to register.

This two-day course is designed to offer early learning providers’ a foundational knowledge of common behaviors of children with special needs and basic observing and assessing skills in order to plan for the individual needs of children within the curriculum and the environment. Through games, hands-on activities, reflection and exploring prior knowledge, this training will connect best practice and techniques to develop skills in understanding the basics of working with children with special needs.

Classes are from 10:00 am to 3:30 pm. Attend both days and receive a $300 bonus. You may choose to attend multiple trainings but will receive one bonus per license, per fiscal year (July 1, 2019-June 30, 2020). Click here to register.

This training is designed to help licensed child care providers find strategies to effectively care for children who exhibit challenging behavior like aggression, tantrums and defiance in order to reduce the rate of expulsion in Washington.

Classes are from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Attend all three days and receive a $400 bonus. You may choose to attend multiple trainings but will receive one bonus per license, per fiscal year (July 1, 2019-June 30, 2020). Click here to register.

This training series is a sample of our innovative PREPARE for Care program, which provides an anti-racist and trauma-informed framework for early childhood educators aimed at mitigating the impacts of racism on children and to increase kindergarten readiness. This series is three of PREPARE's 10 modules of anti-racist and trauma informed content designed specifically for an ECE audience.

Classes are from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Attend all three days and receive a $575 bonus. You may choose to attend multiple trainings but will receive one bonus per license, per fiscal year (July 1, 2019-June 30, 2020). Click here to register.

Participants will learn how to establish effective contracts and policies and enforce their agreements with parents. Other topics include:

• How to establish a business relationship with parents
• The four key elements of a contract
• How contracts and policies differ
• How to resolve conflicts and enforce agreements
• How to write a transportation policy that protects you and the children in your care

You may choose to attend multiple trainings but will receive one bonus per license, per fiscal year (July 1, 2019-June 30, 2020). Click here to register.