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Rhode Island is Finalist in the "Race to the Top"
March 4, 2010 - Rhode Island is one of 16 finalists for federal "Race to the Top" funds from the U.S. Department of Education. The finalists were chosen from among 40 states and the District of Columbia. Winners will be chosen from among the 16 finalists and announced in April. To receive federal "Race to the Top" funding states must show progress in reducing achievement gaps and increasing innovation in four critical areas: improving teacher effectiveness, accelerating the performance of low-performing schools, establishing world-class standards and assessments, and developing user-friendly data systems.

Save the Date: 2010 Factbook Breakfast
February 5, 2010 - Save the Date! The 16th annual Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook will be released at a policy breakfast on Monday, April 12th at a new location this year at the Westin Providence, One West Exchange Street, Providence, RI. Registration is required. For more information, send an email to rikids@rikidscount.org.

Federal and Rhode Island Budget Snapshots
February 5, 2010 - Rhode Island KIDS COUNT has prepared snapshots of select provisions affecting children and families in the Governor's FY2011 Budget Request. The Budget snapshots are now available in the following issue areas: K-12 Education and Health Insurance Coverage for Children and Families. Budget snapshots for more issue areas coming soon!

President Obama's budget proposal for FY 2011 has also been released. For more information on appropriations to programs affecting children and families, view the Child Welfare League of America's analysis of the President's budget request and a chart of funding for selected children's programs

Television Show Highlights Growing Readers Initiative
January 25, 2010 - View the lastest episode of the Rhode Island Kids Count Cable Television Show highlighting the partnership between Central Falls Public Schools and The Learning Community to improve students' reading proficiency districtwide.

Psychiatric Hospitalizations and the Continuum of Care
January 21, 2010 - A new Rhode Island Kids Count Issue Brief provides new information on the nearly 1,696 hospitalizations of children under age 18 with a primary diagnosis of a mental disorder at Rhode Island hospitals. The Children’s Behavioral Health: Psychiatric Hospitalizations and the Continuum of Care Issue Brief provides recommendations on how psychiatric hospitalizations fit into the larger continuum of behavioral health services for children. For more information, view pictures from the event and the press release.

E-News Highlights 2010 RI Legislative Session and School-Funding Formula in RI
January 7, 2010 - Read the online version of the new issue of the Rhode Island Kids Count E-News. This issue includes articles on the 2010 Rhode Island General Assembly legislative session, the RI Interfaith Coalition Vigil to reduce poverty, establishing a school funding formula in Rhode Island and the latest Rhode Island Kids Count cable television show.

Interfaith Coalition Fights Poverty
Jannuary 5, 2010 - Rhode Island Interfaith Coalition members, including Rhode Island KIDS COUNT,  held the second annual interfaith vigil, One Voice to Reduce Poverty in Rhode Island,  at the Rhode Island State House Rotunda to advocate for measures to reduce poverty. View the Coalition's Poverty Fact Sheet and watch a video clip of the event.