Online Child Care Training Approved in Maine

Anyone, anywhere is welcome to enroll in one of our online child care classes. If your state does have a training approval process, that information is detailed below. Your state may not specifically approve trainings toward the required hours of professional development that you need each year. If so, you may use these classes! Please note that you may also use these class hours towards 120 hours needed for the CDA certificate.

Maine

• Maine Children's Licensing and Investigation Services (CLIS) Unit requires Child Care Staff Members in Child Care Facilities to complete 30 hours of training annually, if they work full-time, 18 hours annually if they work less than 20 hours per week, and 12 hours annually for Child Care Staff Members who work in Family Child Care programs.

• Child Care Lounge is on the CLIS list of approved trainers which is not publicly posted by CLIS, but available upon request.

• Classes Available: All of Child Care Lounge classes are available in Maine. View the directory of all online classes.

• Upon completion of a class, we will send you a certificate reflecting the class title, student name, hours of training, and date of completion.

• If you are a provider interested in starting an in-home child care program or looking to get started working in the child care field, please contact Maine's Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Child and Family Services, Children's Licensing and Investigation Unit for the specific child care licensing requirements, rules and regulations of your state.