Tag: Progreso Latino
Healthcentric Advisors uses $175K grant to target high blood pressure
PROVIDENCE – Healthcentric Advisors, a nonprofit based in the city, is launching a project focused on reducing uncontrolled high blood pressure in medically underserved...
Alzheimer’s Association R.I. chapter hosting multiple events in June
PROVIDENCE – Alzheimer’s disease affects more than 23,000 people and 53,000 caregivers in Rhode Island, and it is the fifth-leading cause of death in...
Rhode Island could lose one of its two U.S. House seats...
The last time a U.S. census form arrived in the mail, Marcela Betancur helped her mother fill it out. As a 20-year-old, she had...
Tufts Health Plan Foundation awards $100K in 10 grants to R.I....
PROVIDENCE – Ten Rhode Island organizations each will receive $10,000 grants from Tufts Health Plan Foundation’s new Momentum Fund.The fund was created to develop...
Five Questions With: Mario Bueno
Mario Bueno is executive director of Progreso Latino in Central Falls, a nonprofit aimed at helping the Latino community gain access to housing, health...
$3.6M in health care remediation grants announced by R.I. Foundation
PROVIDENCE – Targeting residents of Central Falls, Newport, Pawtucket, Providence, West Warwick, Woonsocket, as well as additional communities in South County, the Rhode Island...
Raimondo announces funding for renewal fees for R.I. DACA recipients
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo announced Monday that she and a coalition of individuals and organizations have secured over $170,000 in commitments from...
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