Tag: R.i. Department Of Human Services
R.I. Office of Rehabilitation Services gives all a chance at being...
PBN DIVERSITY & INCLUSIONS 2020 AWARDS
Government: R.I. Office of Rehabilitation Services
FOR RON RACINE, promoting diversity and inclusiveness in the workplace is a critical component...
R.I. Food Bank’s hunger report: Hunger insecurity in state reaches record...
PROVIDENCE – About one in four households in Rhode Island lacks adequate food and underlying medical conditions that increase the risk of severe illness...
Threat to child care sector is far-reaching
We are facing a child care crisis in the U.S. and in Rhode Island that is poised to exacerbate the health care and economic...
Burrillville woman pleads to falsely obtaining $16K in SNAP benefits
PROVIDENCE – A Burrillville woman received a five-year deferred sentence and was ordered to repay $16,402 to the state after she pleaded no contest...
Reed announces $5.9M in Low Income Home Energy Assistance funds for...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has received $5.9 million through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program to help residents pay their utility bills during...
State to get $30M of settlement money from Deloitte
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will receive $30 million of the $50 million payment from Deloitte Consulting LLP negotiated by Gov. Gina M. Raimondo, the...
R.I. receives $1.5M from feds for weatherization program
PROVIDENCE – The state’s Weatherization Assistance Program has received $1.5 million in federal funding, Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., announced on Tuesday.
The funds will allow...
Judge issues temporary restraining order in food benefit overpayment lawsuit
PROVIDENCE – A U.S. District Court judge issued a temporary restraining order against the R.I. Department of Human Services, ordering the government agency to...
Former DHS employee files unlawful-termination complaint against state
PROVIDENCE – A former R.I. Department of Human Services employee filed a discrimination charge with the R.I. Commission for Human Rights Wednesday against her...
Grants promote cultural inclusion
Culturally and linguistically responsive teaching is coming to more early-childhood education classrooms in Rhode Island.
As part of a grant program through the R.I. Department...