Tag: R.I. Department of Children Youth and Families
Chili and culinary training
The Newport Winter Festival Chili Cook-Off has been a crowd-pleaser for decades. The friendly competition decided by attendees pits professional chefs against some who...
Advocates say youth mental health services still in crisis
Rebecca Almeida spent three hours on a recent school day searching for her 14-year-old daughter.
Suffering from several behavioral health challenges, Almeida’s daughter lost her...
State settles with DOJ to resolve ‘warehousing’ of children under DCYF...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Cunha on Thursday announced the Department of Justice has filed a proposed five-year consent decree in...
Lawsuit filed to protect mental health care for Medicaid-eligible children
PROVIDENCE – The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island Inc. and other advocacy groups have filed a class action lawsuit against the state...
Neighborhood Health’s Adekeye receives ACAP 2024 Making a Difference Award
SMITHFIELD – The Association for Community Affiliated Plans recently presented Tanitra Adekeye of Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island with the organization’s 2024 Making...
St. Mary’s temporarily closing psychiatric residential treatment facility by June 7
NORTH PROVIDENCE – St. Mary’s Home for Children will be temporarily closing its psychiatric residential treatment facility by June 7.
The decision to temporarily close...
State violated civil rights of children with behavioral disabilities, feds find
PROVIDENCE – The state was found to be in violation of federal disability laws for the over-hospitalization of children with behavioral disabilities while in...
McKee’s proposed cabinet raises include 43% boost for health director
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Administration on Tuesday held a brief public hearing on proposed salary increases for a dozen members of Gov....
OCA not satisfied with St. Mary’s Home for Children’s response to...
PROVIDENCE – Months after details of the R.I. Office of the Child Advocate’s scathing report on St. Mary’s Home for Children were released, the...
R.I. gets $354K in HUD funding for 28 housing vouchers
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Housing and Mortgage Finance Corp. on Monday was awarded $354,369 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Family...
