Tag: child care
R.I. awards $8.5 million to child care facility expansions, improvements
PROVIDENCE – Fourteen organizations will add or improve more than 1,200 slots at their child care centers with support from an $8.5 million funding...
WalletHub: R.I. 3rd best state for working moms
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island was ranked the third best state in the nation for working moms, according to a recent WalletHub study.
WalletHub, a personal...
Sweet Peas Village creates foundation for kids to succeed, learn and...
Heather Mayo was a sophomore in college when she saw a television show about abused children in child care, prompting her to change her...
McKee makes $19M in ARPA funding available for state child care...
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee has made $19 million in American Rescue Plan Act money available to support the funding of early educator...
Want better child care? Try entrepreneurial training
Christine Heer – a veteran preschool teacher – had long harbored a passion to run a nature-based preschool. So in 2015 she opened Sprouts...
Threat to child care sector is far-reaching
We are facing a child care crisis in the U.S. and in Rhode Island that is poised to exacerbate the health care and economic...
Hard choices ahead for working parents
Millions of American families are finding themselves in a jam, with their jobs requiring them to return to work on-site and plans from their...
R.I. gets $8.2M from feds for child care assistance for essential...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will receive $8.2 million in federal funds for child care assistance for essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, Sen. Jack...
Gifts from across the sea
Longevity suits Jagdish Sachdev and the retail business he founded on Thayer Street in Providence in the late 1960s. Of all the changes in...
Child’s play
Does your company offer employees child care programs?
No: 90%
Yes: 10%
Does your company have a corporate partnership with a child care facility/program?
No: 100%
Yes: 0%
What kind...
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