Training and Events

Building Solutions for Rhode Island’s Children

The Rhode Island Child Care & Early Learning Facilities Fund hosts trainings and events designed to illuminate the important connections between quality space and quality programming. With access to some of the nation’s most respected experts on early learning environments, the RICCELFF is available to help you learn more about ways to improve your existing facilities or create new spaces that support you in offering quality programming for young children.

Training Opportunities

Online Learning Modules

We are excited to share that four online workshops are now available: Designing Early Child Care Centers, Creating Quality School Age Child Care Space, Child Care Center Playground Safety, Child Care Center Equipment and Furnishings, and Child Care Center Development & Financing! You can complete these virtual learning opportunities on your own schedule and at your own pace. In order to access the learning modules, you first need to register by clicking the button below.

Maintaining Your Child Care Facility Investments: A LISC Presentation

Maintaining Your Child Care Facility Investments Training

This webinar, hosted by LISC’s National Child Care and Early Learning team, offers guidance on developing a maintenance and inspection program as well as tips tailored to common investments in early childhood facilities.

Child Care Design Workshop for Architects, Landscape Architects, and Designers

This workshop, hosted by LISC and studioMLA architects, was developed to assist architects, landscape architects, and designers in better understanding the basic elements, parameters, and strategies for designing spaces for Early Care and Education settings.

Home-Based Facilities: Repairs and Small-scale Renovations

Instalaciones en el Hogar: Reparaciones y Renovaciones de Pequeña escala

This recorded training provides examples of solutions to improve your physical environment. Click here to review

Esta capacitación grabada proporciona ejemplos de posibles soluciones para mejorar su entorno físico. Haga clic aquí para revisar

LISC Small Business Lending for Child Care Providers

Préstamos para Pequeñas Empresas

Learn more about LISC small business lending specifically geared towards child care businesses. This provides an overview of lending criteria, available loan products, what borrowers can expect as well as tips on assessing capacity to take on debt and how to use debt as a tool to achieve high quality child care business goals.

View the recorded session here (Spanish/español).
Access the PowerPoint presentation here (Spanish/español).
Download a glossary of lending terms here (Spanish/español).

Looking for a specific training or want to learn more about a specific topic? Contact us at riccelff@lisc.org and please join our mailing list below to be notified of future training events.

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