Playground Design Interventions features low-cost, high-value design interventions for child care and early learning center outdoor play spaces. The goal of each of these interventions is to increase the variety and qualify of play and site elements in each playground with a focus on reusing materials. Each intervention relates to the Rhode Island Early Learning
Increased Momentum Around Child Care and Early Learning Facilities Spring is here! In what has maybe felt like the darkest of winters, we are happy to see not just the crocuses and daffodils bloom, the sun staying out just a bit longer, and children in child care settings getting outside for that fresh air, but
PDG Facility Planning Grants Preschool Development Grant (PDG) Facility Planning grants are available for predevelopment and feasibility activities to develop, expand or improve early childhood facilities. Grant-funded planning work could include hiring professionals for the following: architectural design services for project feasibility and concept design; site analysis; engineering studies; legal services (ex: hiring a
Space has the ability to provide a sense of community, well-being, and belonging to all the people – large and small – who enter it. Very young children are particularly influenced, either positively or negatively, by the environment around them – and even small improvements to a space can have a huge, positive impact. One such
Child Care Center Equipment and Furnishings Online Module is now available! We are happy to announce that our fourth online module, Child Care Center Equipment and Furnishings , is now available in our training portal. This interactive, self-guided and self-paced session is designed to help you with selecting furnishings and equipment that make your space
Child Care Center Equipment and Furnishings Online Module is now available! We are happy to announce that our fourth online module, Child Care Center Equipment and Furnishings , is now available in our training portal. This interactive, self-guided and self-paced session is designed to help you with selecting furnishings and equipment that make your space
Frequently Asked Questions Please note, this web page will be updated regularly as additional questions arise or if new information is released. I am a family child care provider, am I eligible? Non-profit and for-profit licensed child care or early learning providers, including family child care providers, are eligible as long as they are a
Frequently Asked Questions Please note, this web page will be updated regularly as additional questions arise. Why is this program only available for Providence providers? The City of Providence Early Learning Facilities Grant funding was included in the City of Providence’s budget when Mayor Jorge Elorza and the Providence Public School District (PPSD) recognized and
Child Care Provider Relief Fund Information and Instructions Thank you to all who applied! The application period has now closed. Traducción en Español está abajo. Click here for frequently asked questions. The Rhode Island Governor’s Office recently announced the establishment of a $5,000,000 Child Care Provider Relief Fund to provide critical resources necessary to
SBA Paycheck Protection Program Updated February of 2021 The $900 billion stimulus is the first significant aid package since the $3 trillion CARES Act passed at the beginning of the pandemic. Here is the House Appropriation Committee’s detailed summary of the relief package. Included is $284 billion for another round of the Paycheck Protection Program.
