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Five Questions With: Michelle Wilcox

In Their Own Words 12/08/2021

Michelle Wilcox is the chief operating officer at Crossroads Rhode Island, a nonprofit organization that’s been on the front lines of the homelessness crisis...

CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND was awarded $495,000 from the city of Providence to support a new citywide mobile diversion program for Providence residents experiencing unsheltered homelessness. / COURTESY CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND

Crossroads Rhode Island gets $495K to address homelessness; new fund created

Government 12/08/2021

PROVIDENCE – City officials, along with the Rhode Island Foundation, Providence Foundation and Crossroads Rhode Island, on Wednesday announced a new collaboration to address...

VA announces grants to support groups working with homeless veterans

Health Services 08/30/2020

PROVIDENCE – A series of grants from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will be awarded in Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts to organizations...

PREPARING FOR SUCCESS: Crossroads Rhode Island Vice President for Adult Services John MacDonald worked with staff to establish a human-resources training program designed to help new employees be successful.  PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

John MacDonald, vice president for adult services, Crossroads Rhode Island

Business Services 08/20/2020

PBN 2020 Leaders & Achievers Awards John MacDonald | Vice president for adult services, Crossroads Rhode Island JOHN MACDONALD, vice president for adult services at...

Karen Santilli, / PBN FILE PHOTO/STEPHANIE ALVAREZ EWENS

Five Questions With: Karen Santilli

5Q 04/17/2020

Karen Santilli | CEO and president, Crossroads Rhode Island 1. You’ve been urging the state to establish a permanent funding stream for housing. Has...

Five Questions With: Eileen Hayes, CEO of Amos House

5Q 04/10/2020

Eileen Hayes | CEO, Amos House 1. What changes have been instituted since the COVID-19 pandemic became an issue for Rhode Island? Amos House...

HOMELESSNESS IN RHODE Island was estimated to have declined 4.2% in 2019. / COURTESY U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

New report shows homelessness declined 4.2% in R.I.

Economic Activity 01/09/2020

PROVIDENCE (AP) – Homelessness in Rhode Island has declined by 4.2%, federal housing officials said Thursday. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released...

A NEW REPORT indicates Rhode Island students who are homeless are being undercounted. / COURTESY HOUSINGWORKS RI AT ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY

Report: Homeless students in R.I. undercounted

Economy 03/21/2019

PROVIDENCE – The number of students in Rhode Island who are experiencing homelessness and would qualify for educational services is thought to be undercounted,...

Five Questions With: Eric L. Hirsch

In Their Own Words 01/24/2019

Eric L. Hirsch, a professor of sociology at Providence College, recently released a report through HousingWorks RI at Roger Williams University that focused on...