Tag: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
These R.I. employers rallying the ex-troops
Gannon & Scott Inc. is a longtime Cranston-based company that specializes in recovering valuable metals from torpedo batteries, coatings used for stealth technology, and...
2 R.I. housing authorities receive $586K to help veterans secure housing
PROVIDENCE – Two local housing authorities will receive $586,431 in combined federal funding to help homeless military veterans and their families find permanent housing.
U.S....
Transcranial magnetic stimulation treatments are helping patients with depression
Akos Antwi recalled the day when one of her clients who had been suffering with depression for more than 30 years came to her...
Providence VA benefits worker indicted for bribery, extortion, witness tampering
PROVIDENCE – A benefits-service representative with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has been indicted on three counts of bribery and one count each...
Engineering firm hopes new veteran-owned certification will bring in more clients
It is never easy readjusting to life after the military.
Justin Kordas, who joined the U.S. Marine Corps never thinking he’d one day have to...
R.I. Department of Health receives $750K grant for veteran suicide prevention
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health received a $750,000 federal grant to implement a three-year program for veteran suicide prevention.
The department will work...
Dalton helps veterans cope with trauma through Dare to Dream Ranch
WHEN MILITARY PERSONNEL leave the battlefield, the battle does not end for some. Karen Dalton fully understands this.
She grew up in an environment where...
Vet-owned firms haven’t shied away from PPP loans
While small businesses across the state and the country scrambled to secure one of the popular Paycheck Protection Program loans, Christopher Sanford applied for...
President Joe Biden extends eviction and foreclosure moratoriums
PROVIDENCE – In his first day in office, President Joe Biden signed a series of executive orders, including one that extends an existing moratorium...
VA announces grants to support groups working with homeless veterans
PROVIDENCE – A series of grants from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will be awarded in Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts to organizations...
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