Middletown, Rhode Island LISC has a relationship with the Newport County YMCA that goes back to 2016. Several years ago, Preschool Development Grant (PDG) planning funds were used to conduct planning for a renovation and expansion of the YMCA’s Twice as Nice Preschool, and ECCE Capital Fund dollars made it possible. Despite significant increases in
Newport, Rhode Island In 2014, the East Bay Community Action Program, in collaboration with Newport Public Schools, conducted a feasibility study to evaluate the potential for repurposing the closed George H. Triplett School located on 435 Broadway in Newport, RI, into a preschool center offering pre-k and Head Start programming. This was spurred by the
Pawtucket, Rhode Island Part of the comprehensive $56M bonded master plan for health and safety improvements at Pawtucket schools included a complete overhaul and renovation of Nathanael Greene Elementary School, completed in 2018. Renovations included significant improvements to all classrooms, bathrooms, office and ancillary spaces, building envelope and systems in the 65,217 square foot school
Providence, Rhode Island One Neighborhood Builders (ONE|NB), a non-profit community development corporation, knew that there was a dramatic need for additional early learning space in the Olneyville neighborhood of Providence. Lack of quality child care was a key issue in the neighborhood plan. Vision combined with a vacant and blighted lot provided a unique opportunity
Woonsocket, Rhode Island The Hope Street School, a landmark of Woonsocket’s Constitution Hill neighborhood and a building on the National Register of Historic Places, had been closed since 1977 when NeighborWorks Blackstone River Valley (NWBRV), a non-profit community development corporation, proposed to renovate and revive the vacant and deteriorating space. In collaboration with neighborhood residents
East Providence, Rhode Island As part of the mission to build early childhood education access for all four year olds in East Providence, the East Providence School District enthusiastically pursued funding to operate Rhode Island Department of Education’s state pre-kindergarten classrooms. In 2016, they were awarded seven new classrooms. Five of these new classrooms were
Newport, Rhode Island After years of operating single classroom Head Start sites across Newport County, often in areas not convenient for families, the East Bay Community Action Program (EBCAP) brought to life a strategic plan to develop a state of the art early learning center in a location convenient for families. Additionally, EBCAP strategically worked
Woonsocket, Rhode Island A former parochial school in Woonsocket, built in the 1960’s, has stood dormant for years. Once a kindergarten through 2nd grade elementary school that was part of the Greater Woonsocket Catholic Regional School System, the building continued to operate until 2009, when it closed its doors due to declining enrollment. Download PDF
Rumford, Rhode Island It is no surprise that with readily available buildings already at a premium, many child care centers operate wherever they can find space, even if it is not the most ideal environment. As a former dance studio, The Children’s Workshop (TCW)’s facility in Rumford was never designed or intended to be used
Providence, Rhode Island Many non-profit community-based organizations (CBOs), especially human service organizations, have underutilized space in their existing buildings due to changes in programmatic funding. Seeing the opportunity to generate revenue, fill a client need and foster a collaborative, like-missioned partnership, Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island and Children’s Friend combined efforts to open one
