Tag: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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...
Bradley Hospital receives $8.6M federal grant to help provide mental health...
EAST PROVIDENCE – Emma Pendleton Brady Hospital has been awarded a five-year, $8.6 million federal grant to help provide mental and behavioral health services...
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...
Report ranks Providence as least healthy county in R.I., Bristol healthiest
PROVIDENCE – A new report found that residents of Providence County have the poorest health outcomes in Rhode Island, while those in Bristol County...
$904K federal grant to support CareLink’s Alzheimer’s program
EAST PROVIDENCE – New supports and treatment programs for Rhode Islanders living with Alzheimer’s disease and their caregivers are soon to be developed thanks...
Meeting Street to use $330K federal grant to launch Parents as...
JOHN M. KELLY is the CEO and president of Meeting Street. The special education and early intervention nonprofit, with locations in Providence and New...
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...