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We’re strolling with babies to the State House! Do you have a baby or young child? Are you struggling with

We need Rhode Island parents and families to share their stories about accessing affordable, quality child care, finding a pediatrician,

Are you a low or moderate-income working parent and have you received a tax refund through the state and federal

In case you missed it, Lisa Hildebrand of the Rhode Island Association for the Education of Young Children recently joined

On April 1st, we joined with with Representative Grace Diaz and Senator Lammis Vargas at the Comprehensive Community Action Program

The Boston Globe Rhode Island recently ran a great commentary by our partners at the Women’s Fund of Rhode Island

Check out our full fact sheet on the 2025 Rhode Island Child Care is Essential Act, critical legislation that will:

Please find fact sheets below for all of our 2025 legislative priorities: Child Care Is Essential Fact Sheet Rhode Island

Read our full fact sheet on legislation sponsored by Rep. Joseph McNamara and Sen. Hanna Gallo (H-5199/S-0394) to establish guidelines

Check out our full fact sheet on H-5164 by Rep. Lauren Carson and S-0231 by Sen. Bridget Valverde to establish

Watch this excellent Rhode Island PBS Weekly piece on the challenges facing Rhode Island’s early education workforce and how the

Attention RI families with young children: The state has expanded eligibility for the Child Care Assistance Program. If you are

A broad coalition of 41 leading Rhode Island organizations have signed onto a petition urging Governor McKee to remove a

Check out our FY 2026 State Budget Priorities designed to invest in the health and education of our kids, make child

Businesses lose money when they can’t find staff and when their employees don’t show up to work. Parents’ inability to

RIght from the Start is sharing the following information to help educate candidates for elected office about policy and budget

While the General Assembly is not in session until January, Governor Dan McKee and state agencies are busy crafting the

We recently held our annual RIght Start policy and planning retreat. A big thank you to our amazing group of

Working with Governor McKee, our champions in the General Assembly, and dedicated advocates like you we helped to secure the

The RIght from the Start campaign is pleased to see several additional investments in the FY 2025 state budget approved

On May 9th, babies, young children, families, and advocates “strolled” from the Providence Marriott to the State House for Strolling

H-7204 (Shallcross Smith) & S-2072 (DiMario) “It’s the most reliable program that I have worked with in my twenty years

H-7124 (Diaz) & S-2847 (Cano) Child Care is Essential Why Focus on Child Care? Families need access to affordable, high-quality

Stable health insurance coverage for babies and young children helps children receive high-quality and timely preventive health care, including vaccinations

Governor’s FY25 Budget Proposal Article 9, Section 5 H-7334 (Cotter) & S-2359 (Valverde) H-7123 (Diaz) & S-2344 (DiMario) Rhode Island’s

H-7900 (Fogarty) & S-2608 (DiMario) In 2023, the Rhode Island Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Taskforce issued a plan

H-7497 (McNamara) & S-2843 (Gallo) The 2022 RI Pre-K Expansion Report commissioned by the General Assembly points out that expansion