Senator Jack Reed Joins RIght from the Start to Announce $22.5 Million to Help Stabilize Rhode Island’s Child Care Sector
On February 8th, U.S. Senator Jack Reed joined RIght from the Start at Beautiful Beginnings Child Care Center in Providence to announce $22.5 million in federal stimulus funding to help Rhode Island’s child care providers so they can remain open and continue to serve our young children and working families. Thank you Senator Reed! “Child […]
Rhode Island To Receive $22.5 Million In Funding for Child Care In Latest Stimulus Package – RIght Start Provides Recommendations On Best Use of These Funds
Thanks to the hard work of our Congressional delegation, Rhode Island is set to receive $22.5 million in funding for child care from the most recent stimulus package passed by Congress in December. This is great news for Rhode Island’s child care providers who have been struggling to remain open due to higher costs associated […]
Elected Leaders, Advocates and Families Launch 2021 RIght Start Agenda of Early Childhood Education, Family Health & Budget Priorities
Investments now will help Rhode Island’s young children and families weather the COVID-19 pandemic and emerge stronger on the other side. Watch recording of event here. Today via Zoom conference (click here for recording), elected leaders, advocates, and families came together to launch the 2021 RIght Start Agenda, a package of legislation and state budget […]
Doulas Help Rhode Island Moms RIght from the Start
Racial discrimination and implicit bias result in unequal treatment of black women in the medical system. In Rhode Island, black women are 42% more likely to experience a severe complication at delivery than white women and the infant mortality rate for black infants is three times that of white infants. That’s unacceptable. A key strategy […]
RIght from the Start shares recommendations to improve child care & early learning with Biden transition team
The RIght from the Start campaign has shared a series of recommendations (see full letter) on how to improve child care & early learning programs with President-Elect Joe Biden’s transition team: Prioritize robust funding for core early childhood programs in any COVID relief package and in President-Elect Biden’s budgets, particularly his first budget. The biggest challenge […]
How our RIght from the Start priorities fared in the FY21 budget
Summary: The Rhode Island State Fiscal Year 2021 budget which runs from July 1, 2020-June 30, 2021 was passed by the House Finance Committee on December 9, 2020. The budget proposal is scheduled for a vote by the full House and Senate on December 16, 2020. Overall, the budget proposed by House Finance provides level funding of […]
RIght from the Start urges Senators Reed and Whitehouse to include at least $10 billion to stabilize child care in second stimulus
As Congress continues to work on a second COVID stimulus package, the RIght from the Start campaign recently wrote to Rhode Island Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse urging them to include at least a $10 billion investment to stabilize our nation’s critical child care sector: Now, more than ever, children are in need of […]
RIght from the Start urges Department of Health to share data about about COVID-19 cases in child care programs and to prioritize voluntary COVID-19 vaccinations for early childhood workforce
The RIght from the Start campaign recently wrote to Rhode Island Department of Health Director Nicole Alexander-Scott urging her to share more data about COVID-19 cases in licensed child care and early learning programs and to prioritize voluntary COVID-19 vaccination availability for our state’s early childhood workforce. Thanks to the leadership of Governor Raimondo, RIDOH, […]
RIght from the Start shares recommendations for Rhode Island’s 2020-2023 Early Childhood Care and Education Strategic Plan
The RIght from the Start campaign recently shared a letter with Governor Raimondo’s office on recommendations to improve Rhode Island’s 2020-2023 Early Childhood Care and Education Strategic Plan, a key part of the state’s Preschool Development Birth through Five (PDG B-5) federal grant. Read the full letter here.
Providence Business News Commentary: Threat to child care sector is far-reaching
The Providence Business News has published a powerful commentary piece, “Threat to child care sector is far-reaching,” by Dr. Pamela High and Anna Aizer of Brown University on the critical need for our state and federal leaders to invest in child care. To ensure that our child care sector survives to support Rhode Island’s working […]