SafeSitter Babysitting Certification Course
Learn more about Safe Sitter® Essentials offered through Benton County Public Health
**March 2026 Update: Due to SafeSitter curriculum changes & updates to available class materials, the cost of class has increased from $32.00 to $35.00 per student.
BCPH provides the Safe Sitter® Essentials program regularly throughout the year at community libraries, and is available upon request for educating after-school programs, youth groups and youth leadership organizations. Students are taught general safety skills (such as being aware of your surroundings & internet safety), childcare skills (diapering, appropriate feeding, putting baby to sleep), first aid skills (dealing wih cuts, scrapes, burns, nosebleeds, vomiting), choking rescue skills (infant & child), CPR skills (infant & child), and business skills.
Classes are generally held on Saturday mornings at one of our local libraries in Benton County. Classes are limited on space, but your child can be placed on a waitlist for the first available slot during the next course, should the current course not have openings. The cost of the class is $35.00, which covers the student's handbook, a drawstring bag, small first aid kit, notepad with important information such as Poison Control, and their completion certificate.
To learn about the next available Safe Sitter® Essentials course being offered, please call Benton County Public Health at 319-214-2601, or email [email protected]
