Fact Sheet: Save First Connections & Family Home Visiting
Check out our full fact sheet on policies and investments needed to Save First Connections & Family Home Visiting.
Fact Sheet: Rhode Island’s Paid Leave Program is Leaving Families Behind
Our partner Zero To Three has developed a helpful fact sheet detailing how Rhode Island’s Temporary Caregiver Insurance (TCI) program has not kept pace with emerging research and best practices over the past decade. That’s why we are supporting legislation to expand TCI from 6 weeks to 12 weeks of paid family leave to meet […]
2024 RIght Start Agenda Kickoff A Big Success
On February 1st in the State House’s State Room, we were joined by elected champions including Governor Dan McKee, Speaker Joe Shekarchi, Senate Majority Leader Ryan Pearson, House and Senate members, advocates, early educators, and parents to kickoff RIght from the Start’s 2024 legislative and budget priorities campaign. Thank you to everyone who came out […]
RIght Start 2024 Legislative & Budget Priorities
Rhode Island needs state budget investments and policies that help ensure ALL Rhode Island babies and young children, regardless of zip code, race, ethnicity, or family income, get off to the right start in life! Investments in young children and families strengthen our economy now and ensure a bright future. Early Care and Education Solve the Early […]
RIght from the Start Urges Governor McKee to Fund Early Care, Education, Health & Development, and Family Economic Development Priorities in FY 2025 State Budget
The RIght from the Start campaign has sent a letter to Governor Dan McKee urging the inclusion of funding and policy changes that support early care, education, health & development, and family economic development priorities in the state’s FY 2025 state budget. We look forward to working with Governor McKee and the General Assembly on these important […]
RIght from the Start Urges Rhode Island Congressional Delegation To Support Emergency Federal Funding To Stabilize Child Care
The RIght from the Start campaign and child care leaders have written a letter to our Congressional delegation urging them to support emergency federal funding to help support Rhode Island’s child care sector as federal stabilization and state pandemic retention bonus funding comes to an end. It is critical that Congress finds a way to make these […]
RIght from the Start 2023-2024 Open Campaign Meetings Schedule
The RIght from the Start campaign is lucky to have an incredible network of champions and organizations that support our work. We want to keep everyone engaged in our advocacy and legislative work, and that’s why this year we are launching Open Campaign Meetings so our broader coalition of supporters can stay informed about our efforts to […]
RIght Start Weighs In On Priorities for Rhode Island’s Next State Budget
Governor Dan McKee and his state agencies are currently in the process of crafting the FY 2025 state budget. RIght from the Start has weighed in sharing our priorities — designed to ensure all Rhode Island kids and families get off to the right start — in a number of letters to state agency leaders: […]
Bernelle Richardson’s Story: Families Can’t Afford Child Care When They “Level Up” to Middle Class
A women’s care nurse in Warwick, Bernelle Richardson works in a career she loves helping mothers with labor, delivery, and postpartum care. She credits Early Head Start as the catalyst that changed her family’s trajectory by providing the high-quality care and family support needed to “level up” to the middle class. With their children in […]
Rhode Island Child Care Assistance Program Information
RI Head Start programs are now enrolling! Head Start provides innovative, high-quality, comprehensive support services to children and families to prepare them for success in kindergarten and beyond. Learn more and find a RI Head Start program in your community: https://riheadstartassociation.org/.