CENTRAL FALLS – Rhode Island College alumna Jessica Vega ’10, of Gloucester, has been named the recipient of the 2026 Charles B. Willard Achievement Award by RIC.

The program has been around since the mid-1960s and annually serves about 700,000 children nationwide.

Gubernatorial candidates Helena Buonanno Foulkes, a Democrat; Aaron Guckian, a Republican; and independents Ken Block and Jay Gotra shared similar emphasis on the importance of childcare funding durin...

An interview with Stephanie Geller, Deputy Director of RI Kids Count

Email from Rhode Island KIDS COUNT New Fact Sheet on Infant Mental Health Despite the increase in national conversations about mental health, early childhood mental health has been largely ignored or

A young person’s first contact with the justice system should not depend on the city or town where it happens. Yet in Rhode Island, that is still too often the case. A new Rhode Island Senate study co...

YouTube video by PEG RI-TV

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island ranks No. 26 in the nation for child well-being, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation annual KIDS COUNT Data Book released Monday.  The report looks at four domains, ec...

Currently certain families receive only a limited amount of child support paid by a noncustodial parent, with the state retaining the rest. The House minority leader and the head of Rhode Island Kids ...