Tag: R.I. Emergency Management Agency
Blanchard connects small businesses with needed funds to help them grow
PBN 2021 Business Women Awards
Industry Leader Government/Quasi-Government: Doris Blanchard, SupplyRI
With diverse skills in banking, finance, economic development and networking, Doris Blanchard, assistant director of...
SURGE MENTALITY: Warning sounded about Providence’s widespread flood risks
Arnold “Buff” Chace Jr. was 7 years old when Hurricane Carol ravaged Rhode Island, with a storm surge that submerged downtown Providence in 12...
R.I. allocated $64.9M from FEMA for COVID-19 response
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has been allocated $64.9 million in federal funds to aid COVID-19 vaccine distribution efforts, Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., announced Wednesday.
The...
United Way of Rhode Island answers the call during the COVID-19...
PBN Business Excellence Awards 2020
Excellence at a Midsize Company: United Way of Rhode Island
CORTNEY NICOLATO WAS MIDWAY through her second year at the...
R.I. Community Food Bank has a full plate in combating COVID-19...
While the Rhode Island Community Food Bank’s work is critical year after year to people in need, that work has reached a new level...
STARVING FOR HELP: Needy flock to R.I.’s overwhelmed food pantries
IT'S COMMON for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center Executive Director Heather Hole Strout to see adults and the elderly seeking food at...
Pandemic raises workload for mental health agencies
During the first week of March at the BH Link call center in East Providence, about 3.5% of the roughly 40 calls that came...
R.I. awards $150,000 for nonprofits to improve security against terrorism
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Emergency Management Agency has awarded $150,000 in grants to improve security at five local nonprofit groups that are at a...
R.I. to receive $7.5M in federal grants to improve emergency response,...
PROVIDNECE – Rhode Island will receive $7.5 million from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to help local government agencies and organizations to respond...
R.I. to receive $7.5M in federal grants to improve emergency response,...
WASHINGTON – The state of Rhode Island will receive $7.5 million from the federal Department of Homeland Security to help local government agencies and...