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📢 Planned Maintenance & Holiday Closures Notice

🔧 Planned Maintenance Outage

We will have a scheduled maintenance outage on Wednesday, December 25, 2025, at 3:00 a.m. EST to upgrade our services. The site will be temporarily unavailable, and we expect to be back online shortly after the maintenance is complete.

🎄 Holiday Closures

ChildCareEd will be closed on the following dates:

Christmas Day – December 25, 2025
New Year’s Day – January 1, 2026

🎉 Website Relaunch – December 31, 2025

ChildCareEd is launching a redesigned website on December 31, 2025—created to make training easier, faster, and more user-friendly for child care providers. Stay tuned!

During these closures, customer support will not be available. We will resume normal business operations on the next business day.

Thank you for your understanding, and we wish you a happy and safe holiday season!

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December Coupon Corner

Exclusive Savings for You!

👋 Bye-Bye 2025! Celebrate the year with 25% OFF all 3-hour courses 🎉

🎉🎉Texas Providers: Ring in the New Year with $50 Off🎉🎉

🕎💡 Hanukkah Savings: Illuminate Your Skills with $8 Off!

🎄 December Frosty Savings: $50 OFF Any 45-Hour Course

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📣 NEW CLASS ALERT!

Safe and Sound: Creating Healthy Environments for Every Child

Ensuring a safe and healthy environment is essential for every child’s growth, especially for those with chronic health needs. This training equips child care providers with essential knowledge of indoor and outdoor safety standards, hygiene protocols, food safety practices, and the impact of chronic illnesses on child development—especially in infants and toddlers. Participants will also learn how to recognize and report abuse and neglect, and develop policies that promote wellness and protection in early childhood settings. By the end of this course, providers will be better prepared to support the well-being of all children in their care through proactive strategies, inclusive practices, and regulatory compliance.

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Seats are limited—save your spot today!

Basic Health & Safety and Breastfeeding Awareness

Including All Children and the Americans with Disabilities Act

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👧 🤠 Texas Directors: Complete Your 30 Annual Hours Online

Texas child care directors play a very important role. You #lead staff, support children, work with families, and make sure your program follows state rules. To stay in good standing, Texas requires directors to complete 30 hours of annual training every year.

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