DHS to Issue SUN Bucks Benefits Beginning June 9

CRANSTON, RI – Governor Dan McKee and the Rhode Island Department of Human Services (DHS) today announced the upcoming issuance of SUN Bucks benefits for Rhode Island children for the 2024–2025 academic year. DHS will disburse the first issuance of a one-time benefit of $120 per eligible child on June 9 to help ensure continued […]

Valued Providers, Happy Monday!  Once again, it’s been approximately four months since our last all-provider meeting! There are many things happening in the Early Childhood community, I think it’s important to have this meeting and be able to provide some information face to face and hopefully answer some questions you might have.  The Office of […]

Español está abajo Dear CCAP providers, Update: Starting Saturday May 3, 2025, the CCAP provider portal will require multi-factor authentication (MFA). Beginning Saturday May 3, 2025, after entering your username and password each time you log into the portal, a one-time password (OTP) will be sent to the email address linked to your provider portal […]

Español Está Abajo April 23, 2025 Valued Providers – We are issuing the following update today re: the AG’s Office and no cost comprehensive background checks. We continue to truly understand the staffing crisis in the child care sector and want to ensure there are no major barriers to cost for hiring staff. RIAG will […]

Dear Valued providers, While the weather may not feel like it, we hope that you are enjoying the first few weeks of spring. Hopefully sunnier, warmer days on are on the horizon. This email contains some important information about RISES. Over the next several months we will continue to send out updates often regarding the […]

RI Pre-K, entering its 17th year, provides free, high-quality Pre-K education to eligible 4-year-old children. This year, RI Pre-K will be in 20 communities and serve over 2,800 children. The deadline to apply is June 22, 2025. Apply online here Pre-K Lottery or go to RI Pre-K Lottery Application.   El programa Pre-K de RI, que […]

Español está abajo Dear Rhode Island Child Care Community: As many of you may have seen the recent press release by DHS, we are excited to share that the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP)’s income threshold for families has increased from 200% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) to 261% FPL! This means that many more […]

Español Está Abajo April 4, 2025 Dear CCAP providers, After careful revision and incorporation of your feedback, we are happy to announce that the CCAP Provider Handbook has been updated! You may find it on the Child Care Resources, Handbooks, and Forms page of the DHS website. We hope that the improved user-friendly format and […]

RIAEYC’s Strolling Thunder 2025 is taking place at the State House Plaza on May 1st at 2pm. You can register by clicking here.

Join the Child Care Directors Chair Podcast for an amazing in-person educator event at the Early Childhood Empowerment Conference Day 1: Leadership Day (Hosted at Hyatt Place Hotel) 8:00 am-5:00 pm and 6:00 pm-8:00 pm dinner, mixer, and comedy show. A retreat-style day focused on the business side of running a childcare center. This day […]