We wrote the book on financing quality, age-appropriate early childhood education facilities. Literally. Now, a LISC guide to developing new spaces has a permanent home on the website of the federal Dept. of Health and Human Services. The guide helps Head Start programs navigate the complex process of planning, budgeting and pulling together the money
With so many groups starting their construction project by working with an architect on design first, we thought it might be helpful to share some basic information about what the design process is and how working with an architect will be beneficial to your project down the road. You and Your Architect is an electronic
ANTICIPATED VOLUME OF APPLICATIONS: In Wave 4 of funding we received over $2.2 million in applications from 58 organizations. The majority of applications were excellent and qualified for funding. However, due to the very limited nature of funding we were only able to award $450,000 in grants. Therefore, 46 organizations were deferred to Wave 5,
The Last Wave of Race to the Top Early Learning Facility Grants has CLOSED Wave 5 of Early Learning Facility Grants has officially closed. Decisions on Wave 5 grants are expected to be announced by the last week of November, 2015, with official awards being made in early December, 2015. Wave 5 was the LAST
Applications for the 5th and Final Wave of Early Learning Facility Grants will be accepted from October 5 – October 26, 2015. Wave 5 of Early Learning Facility Grants will be open starting on October 5th. Applications are due no later than midnight on October 26, 2015. Applications in all priority categories will be accepted
With the implementation of the 2013 DCYF child care licensing regulations and the subsequent re-measurement of centers, the Jamestown ELC would have needed to drop enrollment by 30 children in order to be in compliance with their newly issued license number. As the only child care center on the island of Jamestown, it was imperative
Wave 5 of Early Learning Facility Grants will be open starting on October 5th. Applications are due no later than midnight on October 26, 2015. Applications in all priority categories will be accepted during Wave 5. Early learning facility grants are available to assist qualified organizations with addressing urgent facility issues. Priorities for these funds
Ample evidence has proven what good early childhood education can do for a population’s intellectual, emotional and economic well-being. But to provide high quality, age-appropriate educational opportunities for all our youngest learners, we need to put our money where our mouths are, argues LISC’s Amy Gillman in an op-ed for The Hechinger Report. Gillman, LISC’s
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
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,
