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My CDA Has Expired, What Do I Do?
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My CDA has expired, what do I do?

Has your CDA expired? Are you wondering if you should renew or reapply? People call every day with questions such as, "Can I renew my national CDA if it expired?" or "When does my CDA expire?" or "Is it too late to renew my national CDA?"

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Has your CDA expired? Are you won­der­ing if you should renew or reap­ply? We are often asked, “Can I renew my nation­al CDA if it expired?” 

It can be easy to lose track of dates! Make sure to write down the date you received your CDA and the date it expires. Remem­ber, all CDAs issued after June 2013 must be renewed every three years.

Check the expiration date of your CDA

First things first, check the date that your cur­rent CDA expires to make sure that it has already expired. If it has not expired, check out the CDA renew­al steps on our web­site and order your CDA renew­al train­ing set.

If your CDA has already expired, we rec­om­mend that you con­tact the CDA Coun­cil. Ask if they will offer renew­al amnesty or give you addi­tion­al time to sub­mit your CDA renew­al appli­ca­tion. Offi­cial­ly, the CDA Coun­cil requires that you com­plete a new nation­al CDA Cre­den­tial if you did not renew your expired CDA before its expi­ra­tion date. 

We always rec­om­mend that you con­tact the CDA Coun­cil before reapplying. 

Contact the CDA Council

You can find con­tact infor­ma­tion for the CDA Coun­cil on their web­site. You may want to ask if they will offer renew­al amnesty or give you addi­tion­al time to sub­mit your CDA renew­al application. 

If the CDA Coun­cil tells you that you must reap­ply, you will need to com­plete the ini­tial steps need­ed to sub­mit your appli­ca­tion. But, you will not need to redo your 120 hours of for­mal child­care train­ing if you pur­sue the same CDA set­ting as you did orig­i­nal­ly. If you pur­sue a new CDA set­ting then you will need to take train­ing spe­cif­ic to that CDA set­ting.

Please let us know how we can assist you fur­ther with the CDA process! Call us: 1–800-685‑7610, Mon­day through Fri­day, 9–5 ET, or email us days, evenings and week­ends: info@CareCourses.com. We’re here to help!

*Please check the CDA Coun­cil for Pro­fes­sion­al Recog­ni­tion’s web­site for updates, changes, or exten­sions to their CDA renew­al amnesty pro­gram and sub­mis­sion deadline. 

9 responses to “My CDA has expired, what do I do?”

  1. Sabrina Avatar
    Sabrina

    Hi my CDA expired before 2010 and I was won­der­ing what I need to do to get it back. I still have my col­lege cred­its for it, will that help in any way?

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    1. Derek N. Avatar
      Derek N.

      Hel­lo Sabrina,

      Thank you for your question. 

      If your CDA has expired, we rec­om­mend that you con­tact the CDA Coun­cil first to ask if they will offer any form of renew­al amnesty. You can reach them direct­ly at 1–800-424‑4310.

      Since your CDA expired before 2010, the CDA Coun­cil will like­ly require that you re-apply for your CDA. If the CDA Coun­cil con­firms that you must re-apply for your CDA, please review the CDA appli­ca­tion steps in our blog here: https://blog.carecourses.com/how-do-i-get-a-national-cda/.

      You will not need to redo the 120 hours of for­mal child­care train­ing if you re-apply. You will need to com­plete all of the oth­er CDA appli­ca­tion steps includ­ing hav­ing 480 hours of work expe­ri­ence, cre­at­ing a port­fo­lio, pay­ing the CDA Coun­cil’s appli­ca­tion fee, and com­plet­ing the ver­i­fi­a­tion vis­it and final exam. We high­ly rec­om­mend tak­ing our free CDA 101 tuto­r­i­al to review the CDA steps in more detail: https://www.carecourses.com/courses/294.

      Please let us know how we can be of addi­tion­al assis­tance. You can email us at info@carecourses.com. We are here to help! 

      Sin­cere­ly,
      Derek

      Care Cours­es Support 

      Reply
  2. Avatar
    Anonymous

    Hel­lo. Due to life’s many chal­lenges and changes, I lost track of time and now just real­ized that my CDA expires on todays date 4/13/23! Can I still renew it?..
    Many Thanks!
    Raquel

    Reply
    1. Derek Avatar
      Derek

      Hel­lo Raquel, If your CDA has expired, the CDA Coun­cil requires you to re-apply for your CDA. How­ev­er, we rec­om­mend that you con­tact the CDA Coun­cil first and ask if they will give you any addi­tion­al time to renew. You can reach them at (800) 424‑4310 or cdafeedback@cdacouncil.org.

      If the CDA Coun­cil grants you addi­tion­al time to renew your CDA cre­den­tial, you can learn how to renew your CDA on our web­site here: https://www.carecourses.com/publicpages/cdarenewal. Have a great day! 

      Reply
  3. Avatar
    Anonymous

    My CDA has expired as of 2022 because of the pan­dem­ic I could not renew it I got all my infor­ma­tion what I sup­pose to have for my renew­al it was pushed for six months than pushed for anoth­er 6 months until, Decem­ber of 22 and do not know what it is today to renew

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    1. Derek Avatar
      Derek

      Hel­lo! Thank you for your mes­sage. If your CDA has expired (today’s date is after the date of expi­ra­tion on your CDA cre­den­tial), the CDA Coun­cil requires you to re-apply for your CDA. How­ev­er, we rec­om­mend that you con­tact the CDA Coun­cil first and explain your sit­u­a­tion. You can reach them at (800) 424‑4310 or cdafeedback@cdacouncil.org.

      Read our blog here https://blog.carecourses.com/how-do-i-get-a-national-cda/ to learn how to re-apply for your CDA cre­den­tial. Since you pre­vi­ous­ly com­plet­ed your 120 hours of for­mal child­care train­ing, you will not have to redo your 120 hours of train­ing. You will have to redo the oth­er appli­ca­tion steps includ­ing pay­ing the CDA Coun­cil’s appli­ca­tion fee, com­plet­ing the final exam, and com­plet­ing the ver­i­fi­ca­tion vis­it with the PD Specialist. 

      Reply
  4. Tammy Avatar
    Tammy

    Just learn my cda needs renew but it looks like it was expired Novem­ber 2020..

    Reply
    1. mariangeliediazcarecoursescom Avatar
      mariangeliediazcarecoursescom

      Hel­lo Tammy! 

      Thank you so much for your com­ment and we apol­o­gize for the delay. 

      For your ques­tion, please email us at info@carecourses.com so that we can fur­ther assist you. Thank you! 

      Sin­cere­ly,

      Care Cours­es CDA Sup­port Team

      Reply
  5. Renee" J. LaQuire Avatar
    Renee" J. LaQuire

    My CDA has expired but I was told by my job that I can renew this I think they said by June or July, because of the pandemic.

    Reply

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