Rhode Island KIDS COUNT

The people who care for our youngest children, our neighbors' kids, the babies in our community, are facing something most of us cannot imagine.

A new Center for Law and Social Policy report shares the stories of 67 early educators, home visitors, and WIC workers whose colleagues, friends, and family have been arrested, detained, or deported.

Children are struggling. Caregivers are terrified. And the work that holds our communities together is being torn apart. These stories deserve to be heard. Read the report:

Caregiving in Crisis: How Immigration Policies Are Undermining Early Care and Education Programs | CLASP The people who educate, care, and advocate for the nation’s youngest children are directly feeling the effects of federal immigration policies. “Caregiving in Crisis” details the findings from interviews with people who serve immigrant families with children ages five and younger in early care...

“Parents need to stay in their jobs to provide for their families, but they can’t find affordable summer programs. So instead of being active, engaging with peers and caring adults, and learning new skills over the summer, their children may be unsupervised, on screens, at risk, and in some cases without healthy food during the summer months.”

https://hechingerreport.org/summer-camp-is-child-care-but-many-families-miss-out/?fbclid=IwY2xjawSzP71leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe18emrjyeU3RkJQwxwzNQ22B9UTwe6MXInMrGZO7wX9RUYOriamCw-JKwA2Q_aem_KyqineluvhpNN1_JcYuzYg

Summer camp is child care, but many families miss out Enriching summer care options are out of reach for many

We stand with our Haitian neighbors.

Press conference tomorrow at 10:30am at the RI State House to show support for and protect our Haitian community members:

Our Senior Policy Associate Kelsey Bala, MPH and our summer intern Emma Burgess (rising senior at Providence College !) at yesterday’s Youth Summit ✨