Tag: Project Weber/renew
R.I. Foundation awards $77,500 for services to LGBTQ communities
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation has awarded 12 nonprofit organizations $77,500 in total grants to assist their efforts in supporting the Ocean State’s...
Designers try to devise better safe-injection sites
In Providence and Pawtucket, harm-reduction organization Project Weber/RENEW regularly hands out test strips that can detect whether a drug sample contains fentanyl, a highly...
Bathroom dispute highlights uncertainty about Kennedy Plaza’s future
The public bathrooms in Kennedy Plaza have become the latest touchstone over what should happen at the transit hub in downtown Providence.
Closed to the...
R.I. Foundation awards additional $550K to 17 nonprofits from COVID-19 Response...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation announced Wednesday that an additional $550,000 in grants were distributed to 17 nonprofits through the foundation’s COVID-19 Response...
R.I. Foundation awards $53K for services to LGBTQ communities
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation announced Oct. 8 that it has awarded a total of $53,140 to eight organizations that service Rhode Island’s...
Overdose spike brings URI mobile health clinic to Providence
PROVIDENCE – In response to a surge in overdoses over Thanksgiving week, CODAC Behavioral Healthcare is bringing its University of Rhode Island Rhode to...
The Miriam Hospital gets $2.5M grant for substance abuse treatment for...
PROVIDENCE — The Miriam Hospital will use a recent $2.5 million federal grant to partner with Project Weber/RENEW and the Rhode Island Public Health...
High-risk care requires support for those dispensing care
Colleen Daley Ndoye | Project Weber/Renew executive director
Project Weber/Renew’s work is guided by a peer-led model, in which our staff reflects the client population...