Tag: Jack F. Reed
$22.4M allocated for R.I. winter heating assistance
PROVIDENCE – An initial $22.4 million of federal money has been released to help Rhode Island families and seniors afford heat through the Low...
R.I. to receive $2.4M for community development and affordable housing
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has awarded $2.4 million in a round of federal grants, including $1.9 million in Community Development Block Grant funding as...
RIEMA receives $126.6K federal grant
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Emergency Management Agency received a $126,607 Hazardous Emergency Preparedness grant, U.S. Sen. Jack F. Reed announced Friday.
The grant comes from...
RIC gets $1.1M federal grant for first-generation graduate student aid
WARWICK – Rhode Island College was awarded a $1.1 million U.S. Department of Education grant to provide opportunities for disadvantaged students to pursue doctorate...
Affordable Care Act reform hopes renewed after GOP repeal abandoned
PROVIDENCE – Local hopes for bipartisan health insurance market-stabilizing legislation were rekindled Sep. 25 when Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, opposed the latest Affordable Care...
Woonsocket FD receives $1.5M in federal grant to increase staff
WOONSOCKET – The Woonsocket Fire Department received $1.5 million in federal funding to recruit, hire, train and retain additional firefighters, U.S. Sens. Jack F....
R.I. receives $10.6M in community development grants
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will receive $10.6 million in development grants, U.S. Sen. Jack F. Reed announced on Sept. 16.
The federal aid comes in...
Dozens of senators seek investigation of Equifax stock sales
NEW YORK - More than one-third of U.S. senators want the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice to get to the bottom...
Reed announces $300K in federal community development grants
PROVIDENCE – A total of $300,000 in federal funding in community development grants for three NeighborWorks America affiliates was announced by U.S. Sen. Jack...
R.I. receives $8M in federal disaster preparedness funds
PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island will receive $7,911,775 in federal national preparedness funds to bolster its disaster preparedness and emergency response capabilities, U.S. Sens. Jack...