IS 36.A: Preparedness for Child Care Providers
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What you'll learn
You learn to identify and rate the hazards most likely to affect your child care site, set emergency procedures and staff roles, share the plan with parents and stakeholders, and plan for recovery, continuity and regular updates.
- Identifying hazards and assessing risk
- Emergency procedures and staff roles
- Sharing the plan with families
- Recovery and continuity of operations
- Updating your plan
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Is this right for you?
- Level
- Beginner People new to this. You can start today with no experience.
- What you get
- A certificate from a name employers know, ready to add to LinkedIn and your résumé the day you finish. It costs nothing to take.
- How you learn
- Online, self paced, about 2 hrs.
- How to use it
- Add it to LinkedIn under Licenses and certifications, post it with one thing you learned, and name the exact skills on your résumé. Then bring it up in interviews and show how you use AI to get more done.
- Why it's worth it
- Fast, practical proof that you are ahead on AI. It shows initiative, gives you skills you can use the same day, and hands you something concrete to talk about with every hiring manager.
What you will payNothingThe learning and the certificate are free.
- Time
- About 2 hours; 0.2 IACET CEUs
- Before you start
- No course prerequisites; free FEMA Student Identification Number (SID) required to take the final exam.
- How you are tested
- Online, self paced, online final exam
- Renewal
- None stated
- Full cost details
- $0 course and certificate
- Where it applies
- United States; open to the public. State acceptance toward childcare training hours varies.
Counts toward a license or requirement?Depends on your state or employerFEMA says this course does not replace your state or local rules. Ask your state child care licensing office whether it counts toward annual training hours on emergency preparedness. Source ↗
Checked at the source Oct 12, 2026
Sources and what we verified
EMI course overview IS 36.A: 2 hours, 0.2 CEUs, childcare audience, SID for exam ↗FEMA NDEMU: Independent Study courses are open to all, free of charge ↗FEMA IS FAQ: certificate available in student portal after passing ↗EMI training opportunity notice: link to print course certificate after passing ↗What we verified: Current title is IS 36.A Preparedness for Child Care Providers (the older title was Multihazard Planning for Childcare). FEMA states IS courses are free of charge to everyone; completion certificate available after passing.
Fees and eligibility can change. Confirm current terms with the issuer before you pay.
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