COVID-19 Community Levels Update from RIDOH/Actualización de niveles comunitarios de COVID-19 de RIDOH

Español Está Abajo Dear Child Care Providers, Parents and Guardians: The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is writing to inform you there has been a shift in the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) COVID-19 community levels in Rhode Island. Bristol, Newport, and Washington counties remain at the medium level. Kent and Providence counties have shifted to high. […]

Español Está Abajo January 3, 2022 Dear Valued CCAP Provider, Happy New Year from the Office of Child Care! We have two important provider payment reminders as we move into 2023. First, the 2023 CCAP batch payment calendar is attached for your reference. It will also be available on the DHS website under Payment Schedule Second, for […]

Español Está Abajo Valued Child Care Providers, With colder months and holidays here, it is important for everyone to take steps toward a healthy and safe holiday season. Child care programs should: Send COVID-19 test kits home with children and staff before breaks or travel to encourage testing before returning to child care. Households are once again […]

Estimados socios y proveedores valiosos, ¡El equipo de la Oficina de Cuidado Infantil les desea una feliz y saludable temporada festiva! Gracias por otro año de compromiso excepcional con los niños y las familias de RI. Agradecemos todo su arduo trabajo, su dedicación, su paciencia y su persistencia para superar los desafíos de los últimos […]

Dear Valued Partners and Providers, The Office of Child Care team wishes you a happy, healthy holiday season! Thank you for another year of outstanding commitment to RI children and families. We appreciate all your hard work, your dedication, your patience and your persistence in overcoming the challenges over the past few years. Most importantly, […]

El Departamento de Salud de Rhode Island (RIDOH, por sus siglas en inglés) y el Capítulo de Rhode Island de la Academia Estadounidense de Pediatría (RIAAP, por sus siglas en inglés) solicita  a los centros escolares de prekínder al grado 12, revisar las políticas de ausencia y reducir la frecuencia de requerir notas del médico para regresar […]

The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and the Rhode Island Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (RIAAP) urge child care settings to review absentee policies and reduce the frequency of requiring doctor’s notes for return to child care after illness, in order to ease the burden on the both the healthcare system and […]

Estimados y valiosos proveedores, Nos complace anunciar que las Regulaciones actualizadas para la obtención de licencias para centros de cuidado infantil y edad escolar ya están completamente promulgadas. Al igual que las normas anteriores, puede encontrarlas en el sitio web de la Secretaría de Estado: https://rules.sos.ri.gov/Regulations/Part/218-70-00-1 o en el sitio web del DHS en la sección de […]

We are excited to announce that the updated Child Care Center and School Age Regulations for Licensure are now fully promulgated. Similar to the old regulations, you can find them on the Secretary of States website: https://rules.sos.ri.gov/Regulations/Part/218-70-00-1 or the DHS website under the Regulation section here: https://dhs.ri.gov/regulations We appreciate all of you who took the time to participate in the […]

Join LISC for a virtual training opportunity on Wednesday, November 9th at 11:00 am to learn more about small business lending through LISC. This training will provide an overview of lending criteria, available loan products, what borrowers can expect as well as tips on assessing capacity to take on debt and how to use debt […]