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Children’s Friend creates lifesavers

PBN Healthiest Employers Awards 2024 100-499 EMPLOYEES #3. Children's Friend & Service CEO (or equivalent): David Caprio, CEO and president Number of employees: 375 CHILDREN’S FRIEND &...
PEG LANGHAMMER will step down in September as executive director of Day One after 44 years. / COURTESY DAY ONE

Langhammer stepping down as Day One’s executive director

PROVIDENCE – Peg Langhammer, who has led Day One as its executive director for 44 years and, through the nonprofit, an advocate for victims...
SHINING STARS: Children's Friend & Service staff members celebrate receiving a five-star rating from BrightStars at the agency's Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island site in Providence. / COURTESY CHILDREN'S FRIEND & SERVICE

Children’s Friend & Service

Best Places to Work 2024 Awards LARGE COMPANIES #14. Children’s Friend & Service Employees in R.I. 402 CEO and president: David Caprio Questions answered by David Caprio What three...
LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER: Amy Vogel, CEO and operations officer for Dr. Day Care, now leads the organization that her mother, Mary Ann Shallcross Smith, founded. 
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Dr. Day Care’s Vogel grew up in the family business

2024 Business Women Awards WOMAN TO WATCH | SOCIAL SERVICES: Amy Vogel Dr. Day Care CEO and operations officer AMY VOGEL WAS BORN into the field...
THE UNITED WAY of Rhode Island has received a $760,000 federal grant to support its 211 program.

United Way receives $760K federal grant to support 211 program

PROVIDENCE – The United Way of Rhode Island’s 211 program is getting a significant financial boost from the federal government. The prominent nonprofit announced Monday...
AL VARIO has been named the new CEO and president of the J. Arthur Trudeau Memorial Center. / COURTESY J. ARTHUR TRUDEAU MEMORIAL CENTER

Vario named Trudeau Center’s new CEO and president

WARWICK – There has been a leadership change at the J. Arthur Trudeau Memorial Center. The nonprofit that supports individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities...
UNITED: YMCA of Greater Providence Assistant Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Kira Wills, standing, addresses her colleagues at the organization’s Providence office. Wills says the YMCA is for all, which is reflected by its staff being comprised of individuals who are neurodivergent, have disabilities, speak multiple languages, identify as LGBTQIA and are different ages.
PBN PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

YMCA of Greater Providence has been a community anchor for more...

PBN 2022 Diversity Equity & Inclusion Awards Social Services Agency: YMCA of Greater Providence THE YMCA OF GREATER PROVIDENCE has served as an anchor institution...
SOJOURNER HOUSE and Tri-County Community Action Agency received a three-year, $499,999 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Violence Against Women to help improve and expand services for deaf and hard of hearing individuals who are domestic and sexual assault victims.

Sojourner House, Tri-County Community Action receive $499K to expand abuse victim...

PROVIDENCE – Local domestic violence support nonprofit Sojourner House announced Tuesday that it has received a three-year, $499,999 grant from the U.S. Department of...
SPEARHEADING CHANGE: Toby Ayers, executive director of Rhode Island for Community and Justice, is leading programming to help bring the community together and establish youth empowerment across cultures. / PBN PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

Toby Ayers, Rhode Island for Community and Justice executive director


Leaders & Achievers 2022 TOBY AYERS Executive director, Rhode Island for Community and Justice WHILE ATTENDING COLLEGE, Toby Ayers won a fellowship to study in...
RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE'S Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities announced Friday it has been awarded a five-year, $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE

R.I. College’s Sherlock Center receives $3M federal grant

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island College’s Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities has been awarded a five-year, $3 million U.S. Department of Health and Human...
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