Tag: Project Weber/renew
R.I. lawmakers still debating merits of safe injection site program
Rep. Jay Edwards expected opposition when he first pitched the idea of setting up medically supervised sites in Rhode Island where people could safely...
R.I. Foundation, state award $1.3M to 19 nonprofits addressing opioid crisis
PROVIDENCE – Nineteen local nonprofits working on the front lines of addressing Rhode Island’s opioid crisis received $1.3 million in grants from the Rhode...
Project Weber/RENEW receives $1M gift from MacKenzie Scott
PROVIDENCE – Project Weber/RENEW is getting a seven-figure financial boost from the former wife of Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos, and it arrived at...
State awards $650K to 10 nonprofits offering home stabilization services
PROVIDENCE – Ten local nonprofits offering home stabilization services received $650,000 in state grants from two programs to make investments in staffing, professional development...
Brown launches resource to educate public about overdose prevention centers
PROVIDENCE – As Rhode Island is gearing up to open the country’s first state-authorized overdose prevention center, and with two publicly recognized programs in...
Blue Cross gives $648K in 2024 community grants to address housing-related...
PROVIDENCE – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island announced it has awarded $648,000 in community grants through its annual BlueAngel Community Health...
Nation’s first state-regulated overdose prevention center to open in R.I. this...
PROVIDENCE – Project Weber/RENEW and its partner VICTA announced they have secured a location next to Rhode Island Hospital’s campus in Providence for the...
15 R.I. nonprofits get $3.35M to address opioid use
PROVIDENCE – Fifteen Rhode Island nonprofit organizations on Thursday were granted a total of $3.35 million from both the R.I. Executive Office of Health...
First R.I. overdose prevention center slated for 2024 opening
PROVIDENCE – Almost two years after Rhode Island became the first state in the country to legalize overdose prevention centers, plans to establish the...
RIF awards $1.4M in grants to local health nonprofits to help...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation has awarded $1.4 million in grants to eight local nonprofits as part of an effort to reduce health...
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