Graco Recalls Strollers Due to Fingertip Amputation and Laceration Hazards

January 20, 2010

OCFS is seeking responses from interested parties who can implement and host a single, automated Child Care Time and Attendance Payment System in the local social services districts outside the City of New York.  For more information, click here...

Free Online Course -
Preventing Shaken Baby Syndrome

The New York State Office of Children and Family Services and the Early Childhood Education and Training program  now offers FREE 24/7 online e-learning courses.  You can register anytime by visiting www.ecetp.pdp.albany.edu  select "Sign Up for Early Childhood e-learning”.  This is a  one-hour web-based training.  As you complete each 10-15 minute section, the application saves your progress and allows you up to 30 days to complete the entire course.   The self-directed online Preventing Shaken Baby course fulfills the following OCFS training requirements:

• Education  and information on the identification, diagnosis and prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome
• Principles of childhood development, focusing on the developmental stages of the age groups or which the program provides care

For technical help registering contact:
SUNY ECETP 518-443-5940

Important Recall Notice for Parents and Providers
Infant Entrapment and Suffocation Prompts Stork Craft to Recall More Than 2.1 Million Drop-Side Cribs

Nov 23, 2009

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in cooperation with Stork Craft Manufacturing Inc., of British Columbia, Canada, has announced the voluntary recall of more than 2.1 million Stork Craft drop-side cribs, including about 147,000 Stork Craft drop-side cribs with the Fisher-Price logo.

Consumers should contact Stork Craft to receive a free repair kit that converts the drop-side on these cribs to a fixed side. Parents and providers should immediately stop using the recalled cribs, wait for the free repair kit, and not attempt to fix the cribs without the kit. They should find an alternative, safe sleeping environment for their baby.

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The New York State Office of Children and Family Services provides a range of resources to help parents with their child care needs, people who want to start or are currently running child care programs, and anyone with a concern about the health or safety of a child in a day care program. To learn more about us, click here.

The information on the QUALITYstarsNY website will inform you about the efforts of many people who care about early learning to create a system that will recognize, encourage, and reward improving the quality of all settings in the state where children are learning every day.