Tag: Barbara Cottam
Statewide RICAS performance drops from 2019 to 2021; leaders cite COVID...
PROVIDENCE – Results of the 2021 Rhode Island Comprehensive Assessment System standardized tests released Thursday by the R.I. Department of Education show that the...
R.I. Department of Education receives $9M federal grant to expand youth...
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Education, partnering with the R.I. Department of Children, Youth and Families, announced Friday that it has received a...
Infante-Green: Community will have say in Providence superintendent search
PROVIDENCE – Along with including additional layers in the vetting process, various segments of the community will have a say in what they would...
Survey: Teens temper financial goals
WARWICK – The top financial goal for the future for more than 60% of teenagers simply is to get a full-time job, while more...
Free tax preparation services available for Rhode Islanders
CRANSTON – Free tax-filing preparation services for Rhode Islanders with income of $55,000 or less last year is available at 24 sites serving all...
Citizens Bank antes up for needy through food bank program
PAWTUCKET – Citizens Bank, Cox Communications and the Pawtucket Red Sox partnered recently to raise $60,000 for the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. The gift...
Citizens to provide $1.5 million for financial literacy
PROVIDENCE – Citizens Bank is providing $1.5 million to 80 nonprofits across its geographical footprint to support financial literacy.
April marks the national financial literacy...
Citizens Charitable Foundation awards $250K in grants to nonprofits
PROVIDENCE – In a late-November announcement, Citizens Charitable Foundation disclosed that it had donated grants totaling nearly $250,000 to local nonprofits in 2017.
The campaign...
Citizens partners with LISC Rhode Island for Growing Communities initiative
PROVIDENCE – Community support programs in Central Falls and Pawtucket will be the recipients of $40,000 Growing Communities grants from Citizens Bank, the financial...
Despite nearly 300 corporate donors, R.I.’s food bank waging uphill battle
Every Monday and Thursday Julie Guerin travels the 2 miles from her home in Cumberland to the 65-acre Historic Metcalf-Franklin Farm, where she helps...
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