Tag: Rebecca Boss
R.I. to launch first 24/7 mental health, substance-use triage, call center...
EAST PROVIDENCE – The state’s first triage and 24/7 hotline call center for overdose and addiction crises, the $1.4 million Behavioral Health Link, will...
EOHHS to launch ‘Let’s Talk About Mental Health’ series
WARWICK – The R.I. Executive Office of Health and Human Services and partners today will kick off “Let’s Talk About Mental Health,” a series...
Raimondo to honor local municipal leaders for overdose prevention plans
WARWICK – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo will join the members of Rhode Island's Overdose Prevention and Intervention Task Force at the Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick...
Raimondo announces senior care seminar series
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The first in a series of senior care seminars Gov. Gina M. Raimondo announced last month is scheduled for June 14...
R.I. delegation announces second round of $2.1M to fight opioid epidemic
PROVIDENCE - A second round of $2.1 million in federal funds has been awarded to the R.I. Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and...
City fire stations help combat drug addiction
Between 2009 and 2016, more than 1,700 Rhode Islanders died from drug overdoses.
This sobering statistic is from the Prevent Overdose Rhode Island action plan...
Providence offers substance addiction referrals at fire stations
PROVIDENCE — The city of Providence will establish 12 fire stations as 24/7 centers providing referrals for treatment and support for substance based addiction...
Butler treating opioid addiction as disease
Rhode Island added a fourth center of excellence for opioid-addiction treatment at Providence’s Butler Hospital in November, part of a statewide effort to focus...
Care New England opening 24-hour opioid treatment center at Butler Hospital
PROVIDENCE — Gov. Gina M. Raimondo and Care New England will announce a new Center of Excellence medication-assisted treatment program for opioid addiction at...
Federal judge considering court-ordered action on budget impasse
PROVIDENCE – With uncertainty surrounding the state budget impasse, a U.S. District Court judge on Friday said he’d consider ordering Rhode Island to maintain...
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