DHS and BrightStars Survey on Effects of COVID-19 on Child Care Programs

The Department of Human Services and BrightStars would like to learn more about how the COVID-19 public health crisis is affecting your program. How is your child care program adjusting and adapting? What supports do you need from the state to continue to work with your staff and the families, and to ensure everyone’s health […]

The Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) is now accepting applications for programs to become pre-kindergarten providers for the 2020–2021 school year. Eligible organizations include licensed child care programs, Head Start organizations, public schools, and non-public schools. There will be an informational webinar on March 10 and all applications are due by March 31. Here […]

The Autism Project is offering the following three online trainings: Understanding Autism – March 5 from 6:30–8:30pm Participants will learn about children with communication and self-regulation challenges and how their needs impact their behavior. Visual Supports in Practice – April 9 from 6:30–8:30pm Participants will learn how to create and use visual supports to better […]

The SEIU Education and Support Fund is offering several professional development trainings this spring for early childhood educators in Rhode Island. On Saturday, March 28, the Fund will host a screening of No Small Matter, a documentary film that explores the critical role high-quality early childhood education plays in individuals’ and communities’ success. The screening […]

The Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) is accepting applications from early childhood education (ECE) programs for its new Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLSD) Grant program. In October 2019, the U.S. Department of Education awarded RIDE $20 million for the grant program, which will strengthen literacy development and instruction for children from birth through grade […]