Tag: Rhode Island KIDS COUNT
Delta Dental of Rhode Island announces $1.5M in gifts to support...
PROVIDENCE – Delta Dental of Rhode Island has gifted more than $1.5 million to support programs, clinics and professionals working to provide oral health...
Report: R.I. parent employment outpaces national average
PROVIDENCE - In Rhode Island, the third state in the union to adopt a paid family leave program, the rate of children aged six...
Who’s on the Board?
Mission: Rhode Island KIDS COUNT improves the health, safety, education, economic well-being and development of Rhode Island’s children. Year founded: 1994 Executive director: Elizabeth Burke Bryant 2017...
Report: R.I.’s Latino students fare worst in U.S. in educational success
PROVIDENCE – African-American and Latino children face systemic barriers to healthy development in Rhode Island, the latter facing the worst prospects in the U.S.,...
United Way honors McFarland for leading RICCA
When it comes to giving in Rhode Island, there may be no more powerful force than the Rhode Island Community Action Association. But its...
CHIP funding expiration risks 27K R.I. children’s health care coverage as...
PROVIDENCE — Congress missed the Sept. 30 deadline to extend the Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, which provided low-cost health insurance to 9...
Report: R.I. has highest poverty rate in New England; 4th highest...
PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island ranked No. 25 for highest poverty rate in the nation, according to 2016 American Community Survey from the U.S. Census Bureau released...
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