PROVIDENCE – Roughly $1.7 million in grants were issued to 31 local nonprofit organizations by the Rhode Island Foundation from its COVID-19 Behavioral Health Fund, the foundation announced Thursday.
The foundation said the fund helps Rhode Islanders cope with behavioral health challenges that were brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Such programs range from offering counseling to survivors of domestic violence to helping children via telehealth services cope with the health crisis, the foundation said.
Back in May, 34 organizations received a total of approximately $3.7 million in grants from Rhode Island Foundation through this fund. The grants in the latest round range from $10,000 to $165,000, the foundation said.
In a statement, Rhode Island Foundation CEO and President Neil D. Steinberg said that he hopes the latest funding offers nonprofits the resources they need “to help address the increases in depression, isolation, suicide and substance abuse that we are seeing during these challenging times.”
The organizations that received the latest round of grants are:
- AccessPoint RI
- Adoption Rhode Island
- Child & Family
- Day One
- Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island
- Family Service of Rhode Island
- Federal Hill House Association
- Fellowship Health Resources Inc.
- Friends of Rhode Island Court Appointed Special Advocate Inc.
- Gateway Healthcare Inc.
- Interfaith Counseling Center
- James L. Maher Center
- Newport County Community Mental Health Center
- Oasis Wellness and Recovery Centers of Rhode Island
- Open Doors
- Providence Children and Youth Cabinet
- Providence Housing Authority
- E.S.T. Support Group
- Rhode Island Association for Infant Mental Health
- Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence
- Rhode Island College
- Rhode Island Communities for Addiction Recovery Efforts
- Sophia Academy
- Frank Olean Center Inc.
- Providence Community Health Centers Inc.
- Thrive Behavioral Health
- University of Rhode Island Foundation
- VICTA
- West Bay Residential Services Inc.
- Women’s Refugee Care
- Wood River Health Services
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