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Health Services 04/14/2023

Health Care Heroes Awards 2023: Home Health Care Brenda Brassard PACE Organization of Rhode Island lead certified nursing assistant – home care What led you to choose...

THE RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION has awarded $1.4 million in grants to eight local health care organizations. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

RIF awards $1.4M in grants to local health nonprofits to help...

Health Services 04/13/2023

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation has awarded $1.4 million in grants to eight local nonprofits as part of an effort to reduce health...

SHANNON BRAWLEY has been named the new executive director of What Cheer Flower Farm. / COURTESY VENTURE CAFE PROVIDENCE

What Cheer Flower Farm names Brawley new executive director

News Story 04/05/2023

PROVIDENCE – Shannon Brawley, previously the Rhode Island Nursery and Landscape Association’s executive director, was recently brought aboard by What Cheer Flower Farm as...

A SPECIAL WATERFIRE event took place April 1 as part of the 2023 401Gives Day initiative. The weekend-long statewide nonprofit support event raised a record $3.5 million for more than 540 organizations. / COURTESY AUDUBON SOCIETY OF RHODE ISLAND

401Gives Day event raises $3.5M, sets new records for fundraising

News Story 04/04/2023

PROVIDENCE – The state’s largest nonprofit fundraising initiative over the weekend set a new standard for raising money for local organizations. Now, it has...

THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES Union of Rhode Island announced that former Narragansett High School student Michael Blanchette was awarded a $75,000 settlement from the school district over a lawsuit alleging an unlawful arrest by a student resource officer.

ACLU: Former Narragansett High School student receives $75K settlement over ‘unlawful’...

Law 04/03/2023

PROVIDENCE – The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island Inc. announced Monday that a three-year legal battle in federal court over an alleged...

THE RHODE ISLAND Foundation unveiled Friday its 2023 Policy Framework to state elected leaders in order to improve public education in the state. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

RIF unveils policy framework to improve public education

Government 03/24/2023

PROVIDENCE – Adjusting the state’s funding formula to offer schools more money for low-income and multilingual students, creating a state fund to pay for...

THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES Union of Rhode Island on Monday unveiled a new report highlighting that suspension rates among K-5 students are at an "alarming" rate.

ACLU of R.I. report outlines ‘alarming’ suspension rates among K-5 students

Education 03/20/2023

PROVIDENCE – A new report released Monday by the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island Inc. outlines a significant amount of school suspensions...

THE STATE IS SUING the city of Woonsocket, Dallas-based Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. and Synagro Woonsocket LLC over allegations that the city's wastewater treatment plant has partially treated sewage leaking into the Blackstone River. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND INFRASTRUCTURE BANK

R.I. suing Woonsocket, 2 contractors over wastewater plant leaks into Blackstone...

Government 03/15/2023

PROVIDENCE – The city of Woonsocket and the two private contractors that operate the city’s wastewater treatment plant will be taken to court by...

Mass. Military Support Foundation receives $1.9M in federal funds for new...

Government 03/13/2023

BUZZARDS BAY, Mass. – The Massachusetts Military Support Foundation announced Monday that it has secured $1.9 million in federal funding for a new organization...