RIght Start Profile: Family Home Visiting Helps a Family Through Health and Housing Challenges
Family home visiting programs like Healthy Families America and Nurse-Family Partnership are helping Rhode Island children and parents thrive by connecting them with health care, housing, nutrition, and educational resources. We need to invest $1.3 million in state and federal funding to sustain these programs that are proven to help build more strong, healthy families […]
RIght Start Profile: Family Home Visiting Reunites a Father and Son
Family home visiting programs like Healthy Families America and Nurse-Family Partnership are helping Rhode Island children and parents thrive by connecting them with health care, housing, nutrition, and educational resources. We need to invest $1.3 million in state and federal funding to sustain these programs that are proven to help build more strong, healthy families […]
Rhode Island’s Early Childhood System and the COVID-19 Crisis
Rhode Island’s early childhood system provides essential supports for families with young children during normal times and many parts of the system are continuing during the COVID-19 crisis. Here’s a summary of the information we have as of April 1, 2020: Rhode Island’s Family Home Visiting System has transitioned to virtual home visits with pregnant women, new […]
WPRI-12: Child care services in RI closed for one week
March 23rd RIght from the Start COVID-19 Crisis Update
Dear supporters, We hope you are staying safe and healthy during this time of crisis. This is an extraordinary time with many unknowns. We are checking in to share what we do know and offering support to Rhode Island’s early childhood programs and professionals. We will continue to communicate often and share updates. Governor Raimondo […]
Rhode Island Child Care Is In Crisis – We Need Your Help!
Rhode Island and the nation are facing the unprecedented impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. These are difficult and uncertain times for everyone, including Rhode Island’s workforce of approximately 3,000 early childhood educators who work in child care programs across the state. On March 15th, Governor Raimondo asked that all Rhode Island child care centers […]
Ideas to keep parents, children busy during the coronavirus pandemic
Stuck in the house and looking for ideas to keep young children busy during the COVID-19 pandemic? Katy Chu of our campaign partner Rhode Island KIDS COUNT has some creative and fun resources for parents.
Resources for workers impacted by coronavirus
Our campaign partner, The Economic Progress Institute, has put together this great fact sheet for workers impacted by COVID-19 and how to apply for Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI), Temporary Caregiver Insurance (TCI) and Unemployment Insurance (UI).
Video Highlights Need to Invest in Rhode Island’s Workforce of Early Childhood Educators
Watch this great Rhode Island Association for the Education of Young Children (RIAEYC) video on the critical role child care workers play and the need to raise wages for our state’s workforce of early childhood educators.
Strengthen Rhode Island’s Early Education Workforce by Increasing Compensation
High-quality early childhood programs have effective educators who know how to work with children and families to support young children’s rapid brain development. However, many early educators earn wages that are at the bottom of the occupational ladder ($12/hour for child care teachers). Here’s a great infographic on the issue and the need to raise […]