CHILDSPAN
Independence Square
500 Prospect Street
Pawtucket, RI 02860
Phone: (401) 721-6400
Fax: (401) 727-2810
E-mail: childspan@childspan.net
Meet the Staff
Children's Friend and Service
153 Summer Street
Providence, RI 02903
Phone: (401) 276-4300
621 Dexter Street
Central Falls, RI 02863
Phone: (401) 721-9200
E-mail: info@cfsri.org
Additional Resources
Meeting Street
1000 Eddy Street
Providence, RI 02905
Phone: (401) 533-9100
Feinstein College of Continuing Education
(URI Providence Campus)
80 Washington Street
Providence, RI 02903
Contact: Jerome Adams
Phone: (401) 277-5244
Other Important Early Childhood, School-Age,
and Youth Resources
Rhode Island Department of Human Services (RIDHS)
Web site: www.dhs.state.ri.us/
Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH)
Web site: www.health.state.ri.us/
Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families (RIDCYF)
Family Child Care, Center-Based, and School-Age Licensing
Phone: (401) 528-3624 or (401) 528-3621
Web site: www.dcyf.state.ri.us
Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE)
Nursery (ages 3-5) and Kindergarten Approval Information
Contact Gayle Justynski at (401) 222-8947
Web site: www.ride.ri.gov
Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE)
Office of Teacher Preparation, Certification, and Professional Development
Phone: (401) 222-8890
Web site: www.ride.ri.gov
Options for Working Families
Phone: (401) 946-2300
Web site: www.optionsforworkingparentsri.org
Rhode Island Early Learning Standards Project (RIELS)
Phone: (401) 721-6416
BrightStars: RI's Child Care Quality Rating and Improvement System
Phone: (401) 467-1219
Web site: www.brightstars.org
Rhode Island Parent Information Network (RIPIN)
Phone: (401) 727-4144
Web site: www.ripin.org
Rhode Island After School Plus Alliance (RIASPA)
Phone: (401) 331-2869
Web site: www.afterschoolri.org
Prevent Child Abuse Rhode Island (PCARI)
Phone: (401) 728-7920
Web site: www.preventchildabuse-ri.org
Rhode Island Association for the Education of Young Children (RIAEYC)
Phone: (401) 467-1219
Web site: www.riaeyc.com
Family Child Care Homes of Rhode Island, Inc. (FCCHRI)
Phone: (401) 823-5612
Web site: www.familychildcarehomesri.org
Rhode Island KIDS COUNT
Phone: (401) 351-9400
Web site: www.rikidscount.org
Rhode Island Child Care Directors' Association (RICCDA)
Phone: (401) 294-3510
Web site: www.riccda.org
Rhode Island School-Age Child Care Association (RISCCA)
Phone: (401) 738-7813
Web site: www.rischoolagechildcare.org
Providence After School Alliance (PASA)
Phone: (401) 490-9599
Web site: www.mypasa.org
Ready to Learn Providence (R2LP)
Phone: (401) 490-9960
Web site: www.r2lp.org
Child Care Support Network (CCSN)
Phone: (401) 222-5372
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA)
Phone: (401) 222-3880
Web site: www.arts.ri.gov
Youth Pride, Inc. (YPI)
Phone: (401) 421-5626
Web site: www.youthpride-ri.org
Mental Health Association of Rhode Island (MHARI)
Phone: (401) 726-2285
Web site: www.mhari.org
Rhode Island Technical Assistant Project (RITAP)
Phone: (401) 456-4600
Web site: www.ritap.org
The Education Alliance at Brown University
Phone: (401) 274-9548
Web site: www.alliance.brown.edu
Regional Center for Poison Control and Prevention
(serves Rhode Island and Massachusetts)
Phone: (617) 355-4163 / (800) 222-1222 (for poison emergencies)
Web site: http://www.maripoisoncenter.com/
Kids First, Inc.
Phone: (401) 751-4503
Web site: www.kidsfirstri.org
Recycling for RI Education
Phone: (401) 781-1521
Web site: www.rrie.org
Providence Children's Museum
Phone: (401) 273-5437
Web site: www.childrenmuseum.org
National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST)
Phone: (781) 283-2547
Web site: www.niost.org
The Asperger's Association of New England (AANE)
Phone: (617) 393-3824
Web site: www.aane.org
Early Childhood and School-Age
National Organizations
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
Web site: www.naeyc.org
Council for Professional Recognition (CDA web site)
Web site: www.cdacouncil.org
Zero to Three
Web site: www.zerotothree.org
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA)
Web site: www.naccrra.org
National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC)
Web site: www.nafcc.org
Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI)
Web site: www.acei.org
National AfterSchool Association (NAA)
Web site: www.naaweb.org
National Head Start Association
Web site: www.nhsa.org
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
Web site: www.ascd.org
National Black Child Development Institute
Web site: www.nbcdi.org
Afterschool Alliance
Web site: www.afterschoolalliance.org
Council for Exceptional Children
Web site: www.cec.sped.org
On-line Resources
Child Care Information Exchange (CCIE)
Web site: www.ccie.com
Focus on Early Childhood Education (from the Harvard Education Letter)
Web site: www.hel-earlyed.org
McCormick Tribune Center for Early Childhood Leadership
Web site: http://cecl.nl.edu
Child Care Plus+
Web site: www.ccplus.org
Teachers Resisting Unhealthy Children's Entertainment (TRUCE)
Web site: www.truceteachers.org
Reading Is Fundamental (RIF)
Web site: www.rif.org
AfterSchoolPRO
Web site: www.AfterSchoolPRO.net
American Library Association (ALA)
Web site: www.ala.org
Child Welfare League of America (CWLA)
Web site: www.cwla.org
Parents as Teachers
Web site: www.parentsasteachers.org
MenTeach
Web site: www.menteach.org
Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning
Web site: www.vanderbilt.edu/csefel/
The Southern Early Childhood Association
Web site: www.southernearlychildhood.org/
Child Care Aware
Web site: www.childcareaware.org
Tolerance.org: A Web Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center
Web site: www.tolerance.org
Responsive Classroom
Web site: www.responsiveclassroom.org
Committee for Children
Web site: www.cfchildren.org
The Future of Children
Web site: www.futureofchildren.org/index.htm
ASTAL: Alliance for the Study and Teaching of Adolescent Literature
Web site: www.astal-ric.edu
Playing for Keeps
Web site: www.playingforkeeps.org
SERVE Center at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Web site: www.serve.org
Connect for Kids
Web site: www.connectforkids.org
Early Childhood and Parenting Collaborative
Web site: http://ecap.crc.uiuc.edu
National Accreditation Organizations
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
Web site: www.naeyc.org
National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC)
Web site: www.nafcc.org
National AfterSchool Association (NAA)
Web site: www.naaweb.org
Local Colleges and Universities
(offering degrees in Education)
University of Rhode Island
Web site: www.uri.edu
Community College of Rhode Island
Web site: www.ccri.edu
Rhode Island College
Web site: www.ric.edu
Johnson and Wales University
Web site: www.jwu.edu
Salve Regina University
Web site: www.salve.edu
Providence College
Web site: www.providence.edu
Roger Williams University
Web site: www.rwu.edu
Brown University
Web site: www.brown.edu
Bryant University
Web site: www.bryant.edu
Rhode Island School of Design
Web site: www.risd.edu
Wheelock College
Web site: www.wheelock.edu
Lesley University
Web site: www.lesley.edu
Fisher College
Web site: www.fisher.edu
Bristol Community College
Web site: www.bristol.mass.edu
Dean College
Web site: www.dean.edu
Worcester State College
Web site: www.worcester.edu
Anna Maria College
Web site: www.annamaria.edu