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Register for the 19th Annual Factbook Breakfast
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 The 19th Annual Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook will be released on Monday, April 8, 2013 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Warwick from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Click here to view the invitation.
To register for the celebration breakfast, please complete the RSVP form and return it to Rhode Island KIDS COUNT, One Union Station, Providence, RI.
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Call for Public Input: DCYF Title IV-E Waiver
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The Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) is seeking a Title IV-E Waiver from the federal Administration for Children and Families (ACF). The Waiver would allow DCYF to use federal funding more flexibly to support a broader array of home- and community-based services for children and families. Please click here for the application.
DCYF welcomes public input on this Title IV-E Waiver application, which is currently being considered by ACF. Please send feedback via email to Lee Baker, RI Department of Children, Youth and Families, by March 30, 2013. |
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Youth Incarceration Rates Fall Nationwide, in Rhode Island
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A new KIDS COUNT data snapshot from the Annie E. Casey Foundation shows that youth incarceration has dropped nationwide, and RI is in the top third of states with the most decline. The youth confinement rate in Rhode Island fell by 42% from 1997 to 2010. To read the full report, please click here. To read the coverage it received in GoLocalProv, please click here.
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