Tag: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
New program takes aim at Rhode Island overdose crisis
PROVIDENCE – A nearly $900,000 federal grant is funding a new program aimed at the drug overdose crisis in the Ocean State.
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RIC gets $1M to help boost mental health services in city...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island College’s School of Social Work has been awarded a $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human...
Providence, R.I. Public Health Institute get $2M to address health inequities
PROVIDENCE – The city and the Rhode Island Public Health Institute have been allocated $2 million in federal funds to develop, implement and evaluate...
Vaccine hesitancy lower in R.I. than most states, according to federal...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has the 12th-lowest vaccine hesitancy of all states and Washington, D.C., according to data from the U.S. Department of Health...
R.I. allocated $21.8M in heating assistance funds
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island was allocated $21.8 million to help Rhode Island families and seniors with heating costs, Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., announced Friday.
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R.I. Department of Labor and Training awarded $1.3M opioid crisis grant
PROVIDENCE – A $1.3 million federal grant awarded to the R.I. Department of Labor and Training will help provide jobs and training to address...
5 R.I. hospitals receive $71.3M for COVID-19 costs
PROVIDENCE – A combined $71.3 million of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act funds has been disbursed to five Rhode Island hospitals, the...
State to expand serology testing among high-contact workers
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Department of Health Director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott recently announced a second, expanded serology testing effort among people in specific high-contact professions...
RIDOH, BHDDH partner on new Buprenorphine Hotline
CRANSTON – Launched this month, a new state hotline is helping people with opioid addiction, or who are suffering from opioid withdrawal, find help...
CareLink working to decontaminate N95 masks for nursing, group homes
EAST PROVIDENCE – CareLink, an East Providence-based nonprofit network of health care providers for seniors, has begun coordinating access to decontamination services for N95...
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