Creating Quality School-Age Child Care Space is the latest volume in LISC’s Community Investment Collaborative for Kids’ series of practitioner resource guides, and reflects best practices in the design of high-quality physical environments for school-age children from kindergarten through eighth grade.By offering a place for innovative learning, creative play and relationship building, facilities for school-age
The ABCs of Child Care was created to introduce community development organizations to the child care field, and help them partner effectively with early care and education providers to build or improve their facilities. It includes information about different types of child care programs and settings; steps for finding a suitable program operator; an overview
Discussions about the quality of child care most often revolve around what takes place inside any given child care center: curriculum and program content, adult-child ratios, teacher qualifications, and so on. Yet many of those factors — and ultimately, the quality of care in general — depend in no small part on the design of
Date Published: 2005Author: Mav PardeePublisher: LISC Rhode Island Child Care Facilities Fund The Resource Guide for Family Child Care Providers is designed to offer in-home family child care providers insights into the ways that their physical environment impacts the quality of care offered to children. This practical guide provide also offers information on local Rhode Island
Introducing the Rhode Island Child Care and Early Learning Facilities Fund We are pleased to report that LISC has been selected by the Rhode Island Department of Education to serve as the vendor for the new Early Learning Facilities Project, funded through the Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge. Under this project, LISC will
Rhode Island Early Learning Facility Needs Assessment The preliminary results of the Rhode Island Early Learning Facility Needs Assessment are in, and here at the LISC RI Child Care Facilities Fund, we are eager to share them with you! RICCFF Director, Cindy Larson, recently reported on the study data to the state core team and
Rhode Island Early Learning Facility Needs Assessment By now you have heard all about the Early Learning Facility Needs Assessment we are conducting. The Rhode Island Department of Education, in partnership with the Department of Human Services, contracted with the LISC Child Care Facilities Fund to conduct this Early Learning Facility Needs Assessment as part of its
Rhode Island Early Learning Facility Needs Assessment The Rhode Island Department of Education, in partnership with the Department of Human Services, has contracted with the LISC Child Care Facilities Fund to conduct an Early Learning Facility Needs Assessment as part of its Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge efforts. We know you care about
Early Learning Facility Survey – Help us to Better Help You! We know that indoor and outdoor learning environments are one of the key components of program quality. We also know that challenges in many areas of these environments are posing obstacles to Rhode Island programs seeking to improve their overall quality. Rhode Island LISC
Congratulations to the Recipients of 2012 Funding from LISC’s Child Care and Educational Facilities Initiatives In 2012 LISC Rhode Island invested a total of $851,634.00 in educational facilities (including child care/early learning centers, charter/independent schools and outdoor play areas). We congratulate the recipients of these funds and recognize their leadership in seeking to make improvements to learning environments for children across our state.
