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🚨 Today’s the day! Congress is threatening devastating cuts to #SNAP. Raise your voice NOW to protect families, farmers, and local businesses: bit.ly/42M5B2k

As we head to the State House today for Strolling Thunder 2025, here's our fact sheet on small steps Governor Dan McKee Rhode Island Senate Rhode Island House of Representatives can take to have a big impact helping RI’s babies & young children thrive. rightfromthestartri.org/small-steps-bi…

Yesterday's Strolling Thunder was a huge success! TY to our parents, advocates + elected champions from the Rhode Island House of Representatives, Rhode Island Senate, and Rhode Island General Treasurer James A. Diossa for coming together to advocate for policies + investments to improve child care, early education, and family economic security!

Congratulations to the dynamic RI KIDS COUNT team for a great breakfast and the release of their Factbook. If you missed the breakfast. Make sure to order one form.jotform.com/241195260387156

Today, Senate President Valarie Lawson joined Representative Joshua Giraldo, other Senators, and advocates for an event held by the Paid Family Leave Coalition in support of the expansion of the Temporary Caregiver Assistance, or TCI, program. Watch here: capitoltvri.cablecast.tv/show/11205?sit…

Joshua Giraldo was joined today by advocates from EconomicProgressRI and Rhode Island Paid Family Leave Coalition to spotlight his legislation that would strengthen the state’s paid family leave program. Similar legislation has been introduced in the Senate by Senate President

📢 You're invited! Join us for a TANF Policy Briefing on Thurs, May 22 @ 3PM at the State House Library 📍Learn how #RIWorks supports families w/ young children—and how we can support: ✅ Higher benefits ✅ Expanded eligibility ✅ Crisis support Let’s build a stronger safety net!

Yesterday, the Salazar family proudly represented RI at ZERO TO THREE's Strolling Thunder advocacy day at the U.S. Capitol. Thank you Senator Jack Reed, Sheldon Whitehouse, Congressman Gabe Amo + Congressman Seth Magaziner for meeting with the Salazar's to hear about policies babies + families need to thrive!

Massive🫡🫡🫡to Art Handy, Divya Nair, Jessica Vega, RI KIDS COUNT & — remotely — Center on Budget's Diana Azevedo-McCaffrey for highlighting that RI could & should be doing so much more to support families & children in poverty. Here's the policy brief: economicprogressri.org/publications/p…

Today, RI KIDS COUNT & EconomicProgressRI released a policy brief with recommendations on steps RI could (and should) take to support children and families living in deep poverty Art Handy Divya Nair Jessica Vega

📢 Most child support for RI Works families is kept by the state and federal government—parents get just $50/month. The Raising RI Coalition is holding a Lobby Day tomorrow to change that! 🗓️ Meet us June 5, at 3PM in front of the State House Library to talk to legislators.

THIS is why Rhode Island House of Representatives + Rhode Island Senate need to restore $1.1 million in funding for infant/toddler care that was left out of the proposed FY 2026 state budget. Need to retain our early childhood educators to keep infant classrooms open for working families! bostonglobe.com/2025/06/05/met…

EPI appreciates Valarie Lawson's steadfast leadership on expanding paid family leave in RI!👏🏽🫡🥇 As the Senate President notes, once RI led the nation on paid leave. Let's do it again! #ExpandTCI #TimetoCare Rhode Island Senate tiktok.com/@epi.ri/video/…

RI has an urgent need to strengthen paid family leave. Here's real talk from a real Mom about why! 🫡Valarie Lawson, Joshua Giraldo Joe Shekarchi, Rhode Island House of Representatives, RIght from the Start, AARP Rhode Island, RI KIDS COUNT, Latino Policy Institute, Women's Fund of Rhode Island, RI Working Families Party, RI Coalition for Children & Families #RIPaidLeave #TimetoCare

Great Boston Globe Rhode Island commentary by Tatiana Baena on the need to improve RI's paid family leave program by increasing the wage replacement rate so middle and lower-income RI families can afford to take time off when they literally need it most. bostonglobe.com/2025/06/06/met…

Here's to the Rhode Island Senate for voting to make much-needed expansions to RI's paid family leave program, TCI — and to Valarie Lawson's tenacity and leadership for getting it done! We also offer colossal🫡🫡🫡to all the advocates behind the scenes who pushed to make this happen!

Major win for working families, babies, and caregivers 🎉🎉

EPI salutes + thanks Joe Shekarchi, Rhode Island House of Representatives + champion/sponsor Joshua Giraldo for this tremendous show of support for expanding RI’s paid family leave program!🫡🔥🥇 Workers win, families win, babies win, caregivers win!🏆

The General Assembly today approved legislation introduced by Senate President Valarie Lawson and Rep. Joshua Giraldo to expand paid family leave through the Temporary Caregiver Insurance, or TCI, program. Learn more: rilegislature.gov/pressrelease/_…