Water Play Safety Hot summer days provide opportunities to engage in outdoor water play. The splashing, scooping, pouring, and submerging allows children to explore their senses while mastering motor skills, applying math and science concepts, and engaging in social play. Water play can be as simple as using a bin of water with toys to
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
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.
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
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
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
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
RICCELFF Fast Facts: Zoning for Child Care Facilities When pursuing a small business loan, the vocabulary can be overwhelming. Here are some terms and definitions that are helpful to have on hand through the process. ENGLISH SPANISH
A Year in RICCELFF As we come to the close of another year, it’s time to reflect on all that we’ve accomplished together in 2023. While we recognize there is more work to be done to support Rhode Island’s child care infrastructure in 2024, looking back at this past year we are proud to share
