Community Provider Network of Rhode Island

THE RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION has awarded $1.4 million in grants to eight local health care organizations. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

RIF awards $1.4M in grants to local health nonprofits to help...

Health Services 04/13/2023

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation has awarded $1.4 million in grants to eight local nonprofits as part of an effort to reduce health...

ELIZABETH MCKENNA, left, of Pawtucket receives her COVID-19 vaccination Thursday from Rhode Island Disaster Medical Assistance volunteer Kristen Poshkus at Kirkbrae Country Club in Lincoln. / PBN PHOTO/JAMES BESSETTE

COVID-19 vaccine clinic for the intellectually, developmentally disabled established at Kirkbrae...

Government 02/04/2021

LINCOLN – While most older individuals across Rhode Island are being prioritized in receiving the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccination at various locations,...

ELECTED OFFICIALS and advocates are pictured at a Rhode Island Statehouse event last April to launch the state’s Complete Count efforts. The Rhode Island Foundation announced Wednesday that an additional 37 local nonprofits will receive $294,000 in total grants from the Rhode Island Census 2020 Fund. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

R.I. Foundation awards additional $294K to nonprofits through census fund

Economic Activity 03/11/2020

PROVIDENCE – An additional 37 local nonprofits received a combined $294,000 from the Rhode Island Foundation’s Rhode Island Census 2020 fund in the latest...

Five Questions With: Tina Spears

Nonprofit 01/21/2020

Tina Spears is the executive director for the Community Provider Network of Rhode Island, a Warwick-based organization that represents multiple providers of services and...

Rhode Island Foundation recognizes 5 nonprofits with Best Practice Awards

Nonprofit 01/10/2020

PROVIDENCE – Five local nonprofits were recently honored with 2019 Best Practice Awards by the Rhode Island Foundation, the organization announced Dec. 30. In a...

Raise helps some health workers

Hot Topic 10/18/2019

A 91-cent-an-hour pay increase for approximately 3,000 people who work directly with those with developmental disabilities in the state is welcomed, though more is...

Spears taking the reins at CPNRI

Health Services 05/31/2019

TINA SPEARS was recently named executive director of Community Provider Network of Rhode Island, an organization that supports more than 3,500 Rhode Islanders with...

Community Provider Network of R.I. hires executive director after national search

Nonprofit 04/12/2019

WARWICK – The Community Provider Network of Rhode Island has named Tina Spears as its executive director after conducting a national search. The group, which...