Tag: Department of Veterans Affairs
Veteran trust in VA Providence up to 93.6%
WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs recently announced that Veteran trust in the VA Providence Healthcare system has risen to 93.6% – up...
Department of Veterans Affairs sees boost in health care enrollment
PROVIDENCE – The Department of Veterans Affairs recently announced it has enrolled 1,092 Rhode Island veterans in VA health care over the last year,...
CME Corp. inks $7.8M government contract
WARWICK – Medical-product distributor CME Corp. has signed a five-year, $7.8 million contract with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' Federal Supply Schedule program.
Under the agreement,...
Lifespan, CNE announce COVID-19 vaccine mandates for employees, volunteers
PROVIDENCE – The state's two largest hospital systems on Tuesday said that they will soon be mandating thousands of employees to get a COVID-19...
Resnik awarded $600K for research study on female veteran amputees
PROVIDENCE – Linda Resnik, a research scientist at the Center for Neurorestoration and Neurotechnology at the Providence VA Medical Center, has been awarded nearly...
Reed announces $124K to support homeless veterans in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – The Providence Housing Authority and North Providence Housing Authority will receive a total of $123,704 in federal funds to help homeless veterans...
Yellow Ribbon scholarship funding increases at Providence College
PROVIDENCE – The maximum contribution for individual Yellow Ribbon scholarships awarded to military students at Providence College has been increased to $8,000 per person,...