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Bright Stars - Recognizing Quality Care and Education

BrightStars, Rhode Island's quality rating and improvement system, recognizes and supports quality in child care and early learning programs.

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Funds Now Available for BrightStars Programs!

Programs participating in BrightStars now receive cash incentives to improve program quality.

Each program receives a $250 incentive payment.

Additional quality improvement funds are awarded to programs based on their total licensed capacity. Amounts range from $500 to $2,250.

These funds are limited to approximately the first 150 programs that participate in BrightStars.

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