Tag: R.i. Executive Office Of Health And Human Services
$3.6M in state CARES Act funds distributed to 9 early-intervention providers
PROVIDENCE – About $3.6 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act funds will be distributed to nine early-intervention providers across Rhode Island,...
BHDDH seeks separate license for forensic psychiatric facility
CRANSTON – The R.I. Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals has announced plans to seek a separate license for a 52-bed forensic...
Demand for dental care program growing, but funding isn’t
For more than 13 years, CareLink Inc. has traversed Rhode Island with a mobile dentistry practice, serving elderly, low-income patients in nursing homes who...
CODAC helps lead new effort against smoking
PROVIDENCE – CODAC Behavioral Healthcare is at the forefront of a statewide push to get Rhode Islanders with behavioral health issues to quit smoking.
CODAC...
Report: Undefined leadership, lack of diversity must be addressed in BHDDH...
PROVIDENCE – Undefined leadership, a lack of diversity and limited activity to educate and support communities of color are among the findings of a...
New program takes aim at Rhode Island overdose crisis
PROVIDENCE – A nearly $900,000 federal grant is funding a new program aimed at the drug overdose crisis in the Ocean State.
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2021 40 Under Forty Awards
Ashley O’Shea | 36 | Director of Strategic Communications, R.I. Executive Office of Health and Human Services
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EOHHS, RIDOH select six teams for Rhode to Equity initiative
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Executive Office of Health & Human Services and the R.I. Department of Health jointly announced Tuesday that six teams participating...
Needed Slater overhaul will be costly
The price of transforming Eleanor Slater Hospital into a well-run, well-appointed hospital for Rhode Islanders with significant psychiatric or medical needs is unknown, but...
Four new health equity zones created as part of expansion pilot
PROVIDENCE – A pilot program backed by a national philanthropic organization is supporting the expansion of health equity zones across the state.
Four additional HEZs...