Tag: Children’s Friend
Children’s Friend hopes to reach 5,500 children in need with annual...
PROVIDENCE – Children’s Friend, a nonprofit that specializes in improving the lives of children who are most vulnerable in the state, is seeking donations...
R.I. restaurants cooking up some good deeds
This time of the year, there is a kindness movement that almost everyone joins. It may be the magic of the season. At the...
DiSandro named new chair of Children’s Friend board of directors
MICHAEL DISANDRO, senior vice president and team leader of New England commercial banking for Wells Fargo Bank N.A., was recently named chairman of the...
Children’s Friend opens Center of Excellence at former Asa Messer School...
PROVIDENCE – The nonprofit Children’s Friend has opened an early-childhood center in the city’s West End after a $6.2 million renovation of the former...
Grants promote cultural inclusion
Culturally and linguistically responsive teaching is coming to more early-childhood education classrooms in Rhode Island.
As part of a grant program through the R.I. Department...
Culture shift to wellness at Children’s Friend
Healthiest Employers of Rhode Island 2019
150-499 EMPLOYEES #1: Children’s Friend
CEO (or equivalent): David Caprio, CEO and president
Number of employees: 380
For the past 185 years,...
DHS, DOH partner to award preschool-development grants
PROVIDENCE – As a result of a partnership between the R.I. Department of Human Services and the R.I. Department of Health, five health equity...
R.I. receives $2M in federal funds for Early Head Start program
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will receive $2 million in federal Early Head Start funds to promote physical, cognitive, social and emotional development of low-income...
Five Questions With: Jennifer Hawkins
Jennifer Hawkins is the executive director of ONE Neighborhood Builders, a nonprofit that is working on community-development initiatives in several neighborhoods in Providence. She...
Children’s Friend
Best Places to Work 2019 | LARGE COMPANIES (150-499 employees):
13. Children’s Friend
What are your requirements for employees to update and augment their job...
