While the General Assembly is not in session until January, Governor Dan McKee and state agencies are busy crafting the FY 2027 state budget. That’s why 47 leading Rhode Island organizations have signed onto the RIght from the Start Campaign’s joint letter urging Governor McKee and his administration to include key policies and investments in the next state budget that address the most persistent challenges facing families with babies and young children.
- Increase Child Care Assistance Program Rates
- Invest in RI Pre-K and Head Start with 30% for Infants/Toddlers
- Fund Family Home Visiting
- Increase Early Intervention Rates
- Increase Pediatric Primary Care Rates
- Expand Family Tax Credits
- Raise General Revenue to Shore Up Health Care, Food, and Child Care Systems
List of signing organizations:
American Academy for Pediatrics (AAP) – RI Chapter, Beautiful Beginnings, Brown Fox Point Early Childhood Education Center, Business Owners of Childcare Association (BOCA), CHILD Inc., Comprehensive Community Action Program (CCAP), Connecting for Children and Families, Dr. Daycare, East Bay Community Action Program (EBCAP), Economic Progress Institute, Federal Hill House, Joyful Noise, Kids Klub, Latino Policy Institute, LISC-RI, Magic Years Nursery, Meeting Street, National Education Association Rhode Island (NEARI), Over the Rainbow Learning Centers, Parents Leading for Educational Equity (PLEE), Precious Years Child Care, Reach Out and Read RI, Rhode Island AFL-CIO, Rhode Island Afterschool Network (RIAN), Rhode Island Alliance of YMCAs, Rhode Island Association for Infant Mental Health (RIAIMH), Rhode Island Association for the Education of Young Children (RIAEYC), Rhode Island Center for Justice, Rhode Island Child Care Directors Association (RICCDA), RI Council for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (RICCAP), Rhode Island Federation of Teachers and Health Professionals (RIFTHP), Rhode Island Head Start Association (RIHSA), Rhode Island Health Center Association (RIHCA), Rhode Island KIDS COUNT, RI Services Employees International Union (SEIU1199), Stop the Wait, Sunshine Child Development Center, The Academy for Little Children, The Arc Rhode Island, The Learning Garden Children’s Center, The Womxn Project/The Womxn Project Education Fund, Tri-County Community Action Agency, Urban Perinatal Education Center, Visiting Nurse Home and Hospice, Washington County Coalition for Children, Women’s Fund of Rhode Island, Woonsocket Head Start Child Development Association
