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DCYF is providing direct support through a Child Care Stabilization Grant. Individual grants will be available for licensed child care providers and license-exempt Family, Friend, and Neighbor (FFN) providers. These individual grants will support providers in sustaining their child care business and ensuring affordable, high-quality child care services are available to families.

Young people in DCYF’s residential Juvenile Rehabilitation (JR) facilities now have an opportunity to earn industry-recognized certificates through a new health and wellness training program, Beauty From Ashes.

DCYF’s Office of Innovation, Alignment, and Accountability (OIAA) is developing a suite of early learning dashboards. These dashboards provide regular, up-to-date data on child care and early learning needs in local communities and address statutory requirements for regular data reporting.