Family Child Care and Beyond: Exploring Targeted Investments in Child Care Program Sustainability and Workforce Development in Rhode Island is a research project led by a partnership between Education Development Center (EDC) and Rhode Island’s Department of Human Services (DHS). The project examines targeted supports designed to promote program sustainability and workforce development among family child care (FCC) providers, particularly those serving families who participate in the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP).
From October 2021 to February 2022, Rhode Island’s DHS administered the ReInvigorate Child Care Stabilization Grant program. This grant opportunity, funded through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021, offered funds to licensed child care providers to help stabilize their business operations and to ensure that they could continue providing safe care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Family child care providers received between $12,000 and $18,000 (depending on program size). The majority (90%) of FCC providers received a stabilization grant.
The ReInvigorate Child Care Stabilization Grants played an important role in helping FCC providers remain open during a challenging time and were especially critical in helping to support the operations of Spanish speaking FCC providers.
You can read a summary here and the full report here.