Tag: Community Care Alliance
R.I. Department of Housing awards $10M to bolster winter homeless services,...
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Housing on Wednesday awarded $10 million to 27 organizations to prevent and respond to homelessness through the first...
Pilot program gives lift to hopeful health workers
Lori-Anne Wunschel has logged more than 15 years working in social services and addiction counseling, helping countless clients, many with major traumas and minimal...
As Armory closes, state announces 100 additional shelter openings
PROVIDENCE – With the closure of the Cranston Street Armory emergency shelter on Monday, the state announced additional shelter options to serve around 100...
State-owned building in Woonsocket goes up for auction
WOONSOCKET – A state-owned downtown office building is being auctioned next month.
The three-story building at 181 Cumberland St. is the current location of the...
Number change boosts calls to R.I. crisis lifeline
A little over six months since the national suicide and crisis lifeline trimmed down its number to an easy-to-remember 988, calls have been pouring...
CODAC mobile clinic continues to operate despite cease-and-desist order from city
WOONSOCKET – The future of the mobile clinic that has been operating on the property of the nonprofit Community Care Alliance in Woonsocket since...
How to cure shortage of primary care docs?
When the phone rings at East Providence Primary Care, chances are there is someone in search of a new doctor on the other end.
It...
New behavioral health center opens in Pawtucket
PAWTUCKET – A new multicultural behavioral health center serving children from multicultural backgrounds has opened in Pawtucket.
Tides Family Services Inc. and Community Care Alliance...
BankNewport seeking bedding donations through ‘Kind Heart, Fresh Start’ campaign
NEWPORT – BankNewport recently launched its annual “Kind Heart, Fresh Start” donation campaign.
The bank is collecting new bedding, including new pillows, pillowcases, pillow protectors,...
1st mobile unit deployed in R.I.’s addiction fight
John Hayes literally has a front-row seat to the widening demographics of opioid addiction.
He’s a driver of CODAC Behavioral Healthcare’s new mobile clinic, a...