Tag: R.I. Department of Children Youth and Families
No threats found after Providence City Hall evacuated due to reports...
PROVIDENCE – Reports of a downtown gunman armed with a rifle were unfounded, according to city officials who provided an update late Tuesday.
Around 3 p.m., police were...
HELP WANTED: There are 1,700 unfilled state jobs, but has anyone...
Stacy Smith says the job for “front-line” workers at the R.I. Department of Human Services isn’t easy in normal times, but the labor market...
Nonprofits ask for $28M from state budget for 160 apartments in...
EAST PROVIDENCE – A group of four nonprofits called the Taunton Avenue Collaborative recently made requests to members of the General Assembly to set...
Deckert nominated as new DCYF director
PROVIDENCE- Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Tuesday nominated former Illinois child welfare official Ashley Deckert to serve as the next permanent director of the...
At DCYF, labor shortages creating big headaches
The state is struggling to hire and retain public employees, but the labor problems are particularly troubling at the R.I. Department of Children Youth...
Pay raises on the table for hundreds of state employees
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Administration held a public hearing Wednesday to introduce proposed salary increases for certain Cabinet level officials and agency...
Bradley Hospital receives $8.6M federal grant to help provide mental health...
EAST PROVIDENCE – Emma Pendleton Brady Hospital has been awarded a five-year, $8.6 million federal grant to help provide mental and behavioral health services...
R.I. launches ‘Let It Out’ student mental health campaign
PAWTUCKET – State elected and education officials on Thursday launched a new mental health campaign that seeks to address mental health needs for students...
R.I. Department of Education receives $9M federal grant to expand youth...
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Education, partnering with the R.I. Department of Children, Youth and Families, announced Friday that it has received a...
Outside review of DCYF under consideration
PROVIDENCE – Child Welfare League of America, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit, is being considered to conduct a “top-to-bottom” review of the R.I. Department of...