Tag: Social Welfare
RIF donates $100K to R.I. Food Bank
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation has awarded the Rhode Island Community Food Bank a $100,000 donation to tackle the growing hunger crisis in...
R.I. receives $10.6M in community development grants
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will receive $10.6 million in development grants, U.S. Sen. Jack F. Reed announced on Sept. 16.
The federal aid comes in...
McDuff manages social services with eyes wide open
When Margaret Holland McDuff started work at Family Service of Rhode Island in 1990 as a clinical social worker, she didn’t see herself staying...
Signs of hope in fighting effects of poverty, unbanking growth
It is not a coincidence that at the same time that the rate of poverty in Rhode Island is growing, the percentage of people...