Tag: Project Weber/ RENEW
Morales: Residents facing hardships need ‘bold action’ from City Hall
It was 2020 when David Morales, then 22, was elected as the state representative for District 7, making him the youngest Latino state legislator...
Driving Forces: Colleen Daley Ndoye
Colleen Daley Ndoye
Project Weber/RENEW executive director
OPERATING ONE OF the nation’s first government-regulated overdose prevention centers put a lot of pressure on nonprofit Project Weber/RENEW...
First-year data signals success at harm reduction center
When Rhode Island became the first state in the U.S. to authorize a government-regulated overdose prevention center in 2021, the novel nature of the...
Providence to host nation’s first state-regulated overdose prevention center
The first-ever state-regulated overdose prevention center in the country is on track to open later this year at 45 Willard Ave. in Providence.
An overdose...
‘Overdose hot spot’ to get R.I.’s 1st safe injection center
In Providence’s West End, behavioral health care agency CODAC Inc. serves one of the city’s hardest-hit neighborhoods in the opioid crisis. From 2016 to...
Only few overdose incidents require police involvement, new Brown study finds
PROVIDENCE – Most overdose incidents do not involve safety concerns or require the intervention of law enforcement, a new Brown University study shows.
Police officers...
$11.8M from R.I. CDBG program awarded to 35 organizations
PROVIDENCE – Thirty-five organizations are among the recipients of $11.8 million in funding from the Rhode Island Community Development Block Grant program, Gov. Daniel...
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