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Watch our new video, “Funding Affordable, Reliable, Quality Child Care In Rhode Island.” Child care is essential to Rhode Island

H-5986 (Slater) & S-247 (Lauria) Stable health insurance coverage for babies and young children helps children receive high-quality and timely preventive health care, including

Watch our new video, “Continuous Medicaid Eligibility: Stabilizing Health Care Access for Children Birth to 5.” No family should have

H-5094 (Casimiro) & S-492 (Cano) H-6169 (Diaz) & S-377 (DiMario) H-5983 (Giraldo) & S-523 (Gallo) High-quality early childhood programs have effective educators who work with children and families to

Watch our new video, “Addressing RI’s Child Care Crisis: Higher Pay For Early Educators.” Rhode Island’s child care and early

Prevent Closure of RI Pre-K, Head Start & Early Head Start Classrooms Wednesday, March 1, 2:30 to 3:30 ZOOM Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_v77zKkW4TGGyawlpD9G_lw

H-6009 (McNamara) & S-463 (Gallo) – H-5200 Governor’s Budget Proposal, RI Pre-K Full fact sheet in pdf format Legislation will allocate sufficient resources to ensure all

Thank you to everyone who joined us for yesterday’s #RIghtStart 2023 campaign kickoff! The energy was amazing. We look forward

RIght Start 2023 Agenda PDF – En Español With large state budget surpluses for the past two years, increased federal support for

Governor Dan McKee’s FY 2023 state budget included transformative investments in our children, families, and Rhode Island’s early education system.

We’re thrilled that the Rhode Island Department of Education, Rhode Island Department of Human Services, and the Children’s Cabinet are

We’re thrilled to share that the Rhode Island Foundation has awarded the RIght from the Start campaign grant funding to continue our

At the RIght from the Start campaign we’re already gearing up for the 2023 Rhode Island General Assembly session. Below

The RIght from the Start Campaign Steering Committee would like to urge Rhode Island leaders to submit an application for

Our national partner ZERO TO THREE has put together a great overview of our work at RIght from the Start advocating for

On August 23rd, we partnered with Children’s Friend to host a great conversation about early childhood policy issues and investments

In 2021 and 2022, Rhode Island KIDS COUNT and Parents Leading for Educational Equity (PLEE) co-chaired a planning process to

En español Dear candidates for office: RIght from the Start is sharing the following information to help educate candidates for

What will our next Governor do to ensure the well-being of our youngest children? Join us and Children’s Friend on

Dear Senators Reed & Whitehouse: I write to you on behalf of the RIght from the Start Campaign Steering Committee to express

Thanks to all of your advocacy and strong leadership from the Governor and General Assembly leaders, Rhode Island is strengthening

“The budget passed by the General Assembly and signed into law today by Governor McKee contains numerous wins for the

H-7628 (Giraldo) & S-2546 (Valverde) Rhode Island’s Early Intervention program provides special education services to infants and toddlers who have developmental delays or

We need families from all 39 Rhode Island cities and towns to ask elected officials to support state policies and

Providence resident Asiata Teah and her husband are both essential workers, but haven’t been able to afford consistent, high-quality child

H-7801 (Cassar) / S-2614 (DiMario) What is Infant and Early Childhood Mental Wellness? The developing capacity of a child from birth to age

Early educators employed at licensed child care providers could be eligible for $1,500 during the first application window to continue

Several members of the RIght from the Start Steering Committee worked together to document systemic barriers and challenges that early

Check out this excellent Vox News video history of child care in the United States. “President Richard Nixon set us on a

Great Valley Breeze commentary by #RIghtStart steering committee member Marcela Betancur of the Latino Policy Institute at Roger Williams University. #RIghtStart proudly supports