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RESILIENT WORKFORCE: Daniel Dwight, left, CEO and president of Cooley Group in Pawtucket, speaks with machine operator Henry DaSilva. Dwight says his core motivation is to inspire his team to maintain optimism in the face of an ever-changing environment. PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Cooley Group’s Dwight remains steadfast and willing to change to different...

Economic Activity 11/11/2022

PBN Manufacturing Awards 2022 STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP AWARD WINNER: Daniel Dwight, CEO and president, Cooley Group Pawtucket-based Cooley Group has thrived under the watchful eye of CEO and...

RIHEBC awards nearly $100K to Family Service of Rhode Island

Financial Services 05/16/2022

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Health and Educational Building Corp. recently provided a nearly $100,000 grant to Family Service of Rhode Island to repair...

Providence seeks proposals to expand behavioral health crisis response program

Government 03/27/2022

PROVIDENCE – City officials are seeking ideas to expand Providence’s behavioral health crisis response program. A request for proposals, announced March 22, asks respondents to...

THE GRODEN NETWORK is one of nine early intervention providers that received $3.6 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act funds to help offset the organizations’ revenue losses and high expenses that were incurred due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

$3.6M in state CARES Act funds distributed to 9 early-intervention providers

Coronavirus 12/20/2021

PROVIDENCE – About $3.6 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act funds will be distributed to nine early-intervention providers across Rhode Island,...

THE PROVIDENCE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT has awarded eight local nonprofit organizations more than $150,000 in total community impact grants to help enrich school experiences for both students and their families.

Providence public schools award $150K to nonprofits

Education 12/09/2021

PROVIDENCE – The Providence Public School District on Thursday announced $150,000 in community impact grants that it has awarded to eight local nonprofits to...

THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE is partnering with The Providence Center, Family Service of Rhode Island to analyze its emergency response systems and to develop a behavioral health crisis response program designed to produce better physical and behavioral health outcomes for related calls to the city's Public Safety Department. / PBN FILE PHOTO/CHRIS BERGENHEIM

Providence partners with nonprofits to design behavioral health crisis response program

Government 07/22/2021

PROVIDENCE – The city has partnered with nonprofit agencies The Providence Center Inc. and Family Service of Rhode Island Inc., and community members to...

Four new health equity zones created as part of expansion pilot

Health Services 07/04/2021

PROVIDENCE – A pilot program backed by a national philanthropic organization is supporting the expansion of health equity zones across the state. Four additional HEZs...

MARY E. NOONS, left, executive vice president and chief retail lending officer for The Washington Trust Co., and Haley Lattinville, personnel manager for the town of North Kingstown, were named the Career Achiever and Rising Star, respectively, at Providence Business News' 2021 C-Suite Awards virtual program Thursday. / COURTESY THE WASHINGTON TRUST CO. / PBN PHOTO / RUPERT WHITELEY

Noons, Lattinville among 10 recognized at PBN’s C-Suite Awards

PBN Award Winners 04/29/2021

PROVIDENCE – Mary E. Noons gets the most satisfaction seeing how she has influenced others to succeed. Noons, The Washington Trust Co.’s executive vice president...

MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Phyllis Pelletier, chief financial officer of nonprofit Family Service of Rhode Island, says the example of giving back set by her father when she was young made a big impression on her and led to her wanting to work someplace where she could do the same. / COURTESY LUCA DEL BORGO

Family Service of Rhode Island’s CFO shares nonprofit’s commitment to give...

Nonprofit 04/29/2021

PBN C-SUITE 2021 AWARDS Phyllis Pelletier Family Service of Rhode Island chief financial officer As chief financial officer of Family Service of Rhode Island, Phyllis Pelletier directs...