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Early Care & Education

right from the start advancing state policies for young children & families

Early Care and Education

  • Help more families access affordable, quality child care by expanding family eligibility and increasing provider rates. Diaz/Vargas

  • Remove the requirement to participate in child support enforcement from the Child Care Assistance Program. Diaz/DiMario

  • Expand access to child care for child care educators. Diaz/DiMario

  • Invest in wage supplements for skilled, but low-paid early educators to address staffing crisis. Donovan/Urso

  • Strengthen the RI Prekindergarten Education Act to promote access to high-quality early education for children ages 3 and 4; ensure both RI Pre-K and Head Start program models are supported. McNamara/Gallo

  • Update the Early Childhood Categorical Fund to clarify goals and require collaboration between RIDE and RIDHS for RI Pre-K and Head Start. Donovan/Gallo