Tag: The Providence Center
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...
Five Questions With: Joshua Miller
Sen. Joshua Miller, D-Cranston, is chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services, a member of the Senate Committee on Environment &...
Five Questions With: Ann Achille
Ann Achille, manager of The Providence Center’s Adolescent Partial Hospital and Intensive Outpatient Treatment programs, is a licensed mental health counselor and licensed chemical...
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...
BCBSRI pledges $20K for R.I.’s first substance use disorder recovery center
PROVIDENCE – A $20,000 grant from Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island has helped The Providence Center raise the full $400,000 needed...
Raimondo, Butler officials detail $242K opioid-treatment program
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo and Care New England representatives, along with officials from Butler Hospital, The Providence Center, and Continuum Behavioral Health, announced...
Planka awarded for her work with Mentor Rhode Island
Jana M. Planka was recognized as one of the 2017 Myra Kraft Community MVP Award winners by the New England Patriots Charitable Foundation for...
Loan repayment awards reduces health disparities, strengthens the health care workforce
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health and the Health Professionals Loan Repayment Board announced in a June 29 ceremony that more than $686,000...
The Providence Center and West Warwick Police Department collaborate to fight...
Updated at 2:32 p.m.
PROVIDENCE – The Providence Center, a Care New England facility, and the West Warwick Police Department announced a new partnership to...


















