Tag: Jack Reed
Providence Fire Department gets $750K from feds for heavy-rescue truck
PROVIDENCE – The Providence Fire Department was awarded $750,000 in federal funds for a new heavy-rescue truck, the R.I. congressional delegation announced Wednesday.
The funds...
Woonsocket awarded $4M from feds to address lead paint
PROVIDENCE – Woonsocket has received a $4 million federal grant for lead abatement, Sens. Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., announced Thursday along...
R.I. receives $3.4M federal grant to expand addiction treatment by Medicaid...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island was awarded a $3.5 million planning grant to increase the state’s treatment capacity of Medicaid providers for substance use disorder...
R.I. Housing gets $8.4M to address lead problems
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Housing and Mortgage Finance Corp. will receive $8.4 million in federal funds toward lead cleanup efforts in the state, Sen....
Fed Chairman to speak at Greater Providence Chamber’s annual meeting
PROVIDENCE - This fall’s annual meeting of the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce is expected to feature one of the world's heavy hitters in...
R.I. gets $269M federal loan to help clean up Narragansett Bay
EAST PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island authorities have received a $268.7 million federal loan to help pay for construction of a 2.2-mile sewage containment tunnel...
Feds grant $4.2M to R.I. fire departments
WARWICK – Following up on previous federal support for Rhode Island fire departments to train, equip and recruit firefighters, the state’s congressional delegation announced...
$500K federal grant to help cover Marble House roof repair
NEWPORT – A $500,000 federal grant will go toward a roof rehabilitation at Marble House in Newport, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., announced Friday.
The...
Reed secures $1.7M for R.I. to upgrade parks, preserve open space
WARWICK – Rhode Island has received a $1.7 million Land and Water Conservation Fund grant to upgrade parks, preserve open spaces and enhance public...
FEMA grants $2.7 million to Cranston for more firefighters
PROVIDENCE – Cranston’s fire department is receiving $2.7 million in federal grants to help add 15 firefighters to its staff.
The Staffing for Adequate Fire...
