Tag: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Marijuana reclassification not expected until after presidential election
WASHINGTON (AP) – A decision on whether to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug in the U.S. won't come until after the November...
R.I. Department of Health gets $5.4M for statewide emergency response
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health is receiving $5.4 million in federal funding to help communities across the state coordinate and prepare for...
R.I. to get $40.7M for behavioral and mental health services
PROVIDENCE – The state will get $40.7 million in federal funding over the next two years to improve access to behavioral and mental health...
CODAC Behavioral Health’s Hurley is the helping hand to combat R.I.’s...
2024 Business Women Awards
INDUSTRY LEADER | SOCIAL SERVICES: Linda E. Hurley
CODAC Behavioral Healthcare CEO and president
HELPING OTHERS RECOVER from addiction is a complex...
Magaziner announces $1M in federal funds to expand Warwick Health Center...
PROVIDENCE – U.S. Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-R.I., has announced a $1 million grant for Comprehensive Community Action’s Everett C. Wilcox Health Center in Warwick.
The...
Health organizations get $9.1M to bolster services, medical research
PROVIDENCE – Four Rhode Island health care organizations will share $9.1 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to strengthen services across...
Recovery Connections Centers CEO, employee arrested on federal health care fraud...
PROVIDENCE – Two top officials of a local addiction treatment organization have been taken into custody Thursday on charges of carrying out what federal...
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...
State receives $3.9M to support trauma services in schools
PROVIDENCE – The state has received $3.9 million in federal funds from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental...
URI First Responder program receives $1.3M federal grant to help prevent...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy’s Community First Responder Program has now expanded to become the Northeast Rural Opioid...