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What can States Do?

States are increasingly taking responsibility for addressing the need for high-quality early education programs— now engineering policies for blending funding streams, standardizing reimbursement policies, designing professional development systems, and setting quality standards. Facilities, the physical places that house early care and education programs, are a key “infrastructure” issue that states have either begun to address

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Supporting Quality Early Learning Facilities in Rhode Island

For nearly 15 years, LISC has administered the Rhode Island Child Care and Early Learning Facilities Fund, a public:private partnership formed to improve the quality and capacity of early learning centers across our state. Since its launch, the RICCELFF has invested nearly $18million in 110 organizations located in 35 Rhode Island communities. Despite these investments,

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July’s Question of the Month…

Having a playground plan developed that includes an audit of your existing playground space by a Certified Playground Safety Inspector will make your capital grant request for funding to do work on your playground space much more competitive. When developing your plan and thinking about your playground capital grant application, please keep in mind that large

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Deadline Extension for WAVE 3 of Early Learning Facilities Funding

Wave 3 applications will now be accepted through Monday, July 13th for grant funding in the following two priority areas: PLAYGROUND PLANNING FACILITY-RELATED DCYF VARIANCE ISSUES If you think you have a project but are unsure, please feel free to contact us at riccelff@lisc.org or 401-331-0131. APPLY NOW WAVE 4 of funding will be open

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The Impact of the Environment on Learning

In the Reggio Emilia approach to early childhood education, the environment is referred to as “the third teacher”. The focus on the importance of the environment lies in the belief that children can best create meaning and make sense of their world through environments which support “complex, varied, sustained, and changing relationships between people, the

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First Waves of Early Learning Facility Grants Distributed

Thanks to funding made available through the Race to Top Early Learning Challenge Grant, we were able to make $700,000 in grant funding available for critical facility improvements across our state. An additional $100,000 was added to the available pool of funding by LISC for school age programs. Grant applications were accepted from January, 12,

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Plant a tree in honor of Earth Day, April 22, 2015!

In our first two rounds of facility improvement grants, we received many requests for shade structures for playgrounds. We agree that playgrounds need shade so that kids can get outside safely at any time of day. What better way to add shade to your outdoor play space and what better way to celebrate Earth Day

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Other types of Funding Available through LISC/RICCELFF

We encourage centers serving DHS subsidized or Head Start / Early Head Start children who are pursuing facility projects to consider other types of funding currently available through LISC/RICCELFF which include: FACILITY PLANNING GRANTS: A limited and competitive pool of funds exists to make grants to qualified organizations so that they can secure professional services

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