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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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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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Winter 2024 eNews – LISC 2024 Child Care Facilities Planning Grant Program; Visualizing Child Care Supply and Demand; Ventilation for Airborne Disease Prevention

LISC 2024 Child Care Facilities Planning Grant Program In partnership with the Rhode Island Department of Human Services, LISC will be administering $500k in grant funding for predevelopment and feasibility activities to develop, expand, and/or improve early childhood facilities in Rhode Island. Grant-funded planning work could include hiring professionals for the following: Architectural design services

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LISC 2024 Child Care Facilities Planning Grant Program

All funds for this program are currently allocated and the application has been closed. If future funds become available we will reopen the application and send notice through our eNews and social media channels. The 2024 Child Care Facilities Planning Grant Program is available for predevelopment and feasibility activities to develop, expand, or improve early

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