COVID-19 Child Care Playbook and Testing Update

Dear Valued Providers, The Child Care Playbook has been updated and can be found here. The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) Child Care Team has a few COVID-19 testing updates and reminders: RIDOH is transitioning the State-supported testing and vaccination sites to traditional partners and settings for providing COVID-19 services as of July 1. […]

Rhode Island Regional Coalition is offering the Incredible Beginnings® training series from The Incredible Years Program® for early childcare providers and preschool teachers of children ages 1 to 5. Attendees meet to discuss and share ways to provide an environment that supports children’s optimal early development and long-term social and emotional wellbeing. The Incredible Beginnings […]

Estimados proveedores valiosos, Gracias por unirse al horario de oficina virtual de cuidado infantil de COVID-19 el 17 de mayo. Si no pudo unirse, encuentre la grabación de video aquí. Recordatorio: Por favor monitoree el nivel comunitario de sus condados para estar informado sobre las estrategias de mitigación recomendadas para su programa. A partir del […]

On behalf of the Rhode Island Department of Health May 27, 2022 Dear Valued Providers, Thank you for joining the COVID-19 Child Care Virtual Office Hours on May 17. If you were unable to join, please find the video recording here. Reminder: Please monitor your counties’ community level to be informed on what mitigation strategies […]

Estimados proveedores, No podemos agradecerles lo suficiente por su continuo compromiso con los niños y las familias. Además de nuestros Subsidios de Estabilización de Cuidado Infantil ReInvigorate y el Programa de Bono de Retención de Pandemia para Educadores Tempranos, queremos recordarle acerca de la oportunidad de que usted enumere de manera centralizada los trabajos actuales de […]

Valued Providers, We cannot thank you enough for your continued commitment to children and families. In addition to our ReInvigorate Child Care Stabilization Grants and Early Educator Pandemic Retention Bonus Program, we wanted to remind you about the opportunity for you to centrally list current child care jobs. We know that hiring and retaining staff […]

En nombre del Departamento de Salud de RI (RIDOH) El martes 5 de abril de 2022, el Departamento de Salud de RI (RIDOH) organizará una hora de oficina virtual para brindarles a los proveedores la oportunidad de hacer preguntas sobre las actualizaciones recientes de orientación para el cuidado infantil. Esta será una sesión informal de […]

On behalf of the RI Department of Health (RIDOH) Valued Providers, On Tuesday, April 5th, 2022, the RI Department of Health (RIDOH) will be hosting a virtual office hour to give providers an opportunity to ask questions around recent guidance updates for child care. This will be an informal session from 1:00pm- 2:00pm to run […]

The Rhode Island Department of Elementary & Secondary Education is excited to support children’s smooth transition to kindergarten through the launch of the Kindergarten Jumpstart: 2022 Summer Enrichment Grant opportunity! What? The Kindergarten Jumpstart Summer Enrichment Grants will be awarded to eligible local education agencies, municipalities, licensed childcare providers, and licensed summer activities providers to […]

Proveedores valiosos,   La Oficina de Cuidado Infantil se comunica con usted para informarle sobre actualizaciones importantes en la orientación para la cuarentena. El objetivo de la nueva guía es brindarles a los proveedores y las familias una opción para que los niños que son contactos cercanos asintomáticos asistan al cuidado infantil y, al mismo […]