State grants $1.8M to boost bed-shelter capacity this winter

THE STATE granted $1.8 million in tentative awards Thursday through its Winter Response Grant Program to expand Rhode Island’s homeless bed shelter capacity for the upcoming season. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ARTISTIC IMAGES

PROVIDENCE – The state granted $1.8 million in awards Thursday through its Winter Response Grant Program to expand Rhode Island’s homeless bed-shelter capacity for the upcoming season.  The grants, part of the state’s $20 million commitment in August to create 1,327 state-funded year-round shelter beds, will provide an additional 218 seasonal beds to a projected

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