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December 2024 eNews – Happy Holidays from the RICCELFF Team; Family Child Care Providers Find Success and Community through Cohort Model; All Fast Facts Resources are Now Available in Spanish!

Happy Holidays from the RICCELFF Team! As the year comes to a close, we just wanted to take a moment to wish you the happiest of holidays! May this special season bring you warmth, joy, and precious moments with loved ones. We are proud of the work we’ve done to expand and improve early childhood

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November 2024 eNews – Fall Early Childhood Care and Education Capital Fund Ribbon Cuttings; LISC and City of Providence Invest $1.5M in Child Care Facilities

Fall Early Childhood Care and Education Capital Fund Ribbon Cuttings The LISC Rhode Island Child Care and Early Learning Facilities Fund (RICCELFF) continues to travel the state to celebrate the opening of child care facilities supported by the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE)Capital Fund program. The ECCE Capital Fund was a state general obligation

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October 2024 eNews – Summer Early Childhood Care and Education Capital Fund Ribbon Cuttings; Fall Maintenance Checklist

Summer Early Childhood Care and Education Capital Fund Ribbon Cuttings With the close of summer came ribbon cuttings at two Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Capital Fund projects. The ECCE Capital Fund is a state general obligation bond-funded grant program providing more than thirteen million dollars ($13,000,000) in funding for physical improvements to existing

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Small Capital Improvement Grant Program

LISC Child Care Facilities Small Capital Improvement Grant Program Programa de Subvenciones Para Mejoras de Capital Pequeñas en Instalaciones de Cuidado Infantil Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)’s Rhode Island Child Care and Early Learning Facilities Fund (RICCELFF), in partnership with the Department of Human Services (DHS), is excited to announce the Child Care Facilities Small

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May 2024 eNews – Recorded Session Available: Maintaining Your Child Care Facility Investments; It’s Tick (Prevention) Season; RIDE’s Healthy School Kitchens Playbook

Recorded Session Available: Maintaining Your Child Care Facility Investments Training So, you’ve completed construction on your facilities project, now what? This recorded session guides you through developing a maintenance and inspection program, tailored to common early childhood facilities investments. Maintenance of the physical environment is key to ensuring high-quality safe spaces remain that way and

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Maintaining Your Child Care Facility Investments

Maintenance of the physical environment will help keep your high-quality child care space safe, healthy, and in good repair, protect and extend the life of your investments, prevent costly issues that may arise when maintenance is deferred, and allow you to save and budget well in advance for regular upkeep and anticipated equipment replacement costs.

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April 2024 eNews – Maintaining Your Child Care Facility Investments Training; Reminder: 2024 Predevelopment and Planning Grant Opportunity; Start a Garden this Spring

Maintaining Your Child Care Facility Investments Training: April 4 Maintenance of the physical environment will help keep your high-quality child care space safe, healthy, and in good repair; protect and extend the life of your investments; prevent costly issues that may arise when maintenance is deferred; and allow you to save and budget well in

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March 2024 eNews – City of Providence Early Learning Infrastructure Support Program Round 2 Now Open; City of Providence Zoning Ordinance Update; Predevelopment and Planning Grant; FCCs Can Save Money and Energy!

City of Providence Early Learning Infrastructure Support Program Round 2 Now Open Round 2 of the City of Providence Early Learning Infrastructure Support Program opened on March 4. This program offers a competitive pool of grants to expand access to high quality early learning facilities across Providence. For Round 2, a total of $295,000 is

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