Tag: Youth And Families
R.I. officials break ground for new girls behavior health care campus
A new behavioral health care campus for adolescent girls who would otherwise have to seek treatment outside Rhode Island is coming to state owned...
Office of Child Advocate faults St. Mary’s Home for Children for...
“I like not getting into restraints every second. I like being able to go on the computer. Also I like my teacher.”
That’s one of...
McKee calls for salary flexibility to help fill state health director...
Dr. Jim McDonald’s skillful explanations of complicated public health topics during the COVID-19 pandemic – showing how the virus spreads with a jar of...
St. Mary’s Home for Children names interim executive director after scathing...
PROVIDENCE – Just one day after details of a report raising concerns about the safety and care provided at St. Mary’s Home for Children,...
Some R.I. officials say job vacancies a big part of projected...
The projected $610 million budget surplus awaiting the General Assembly and the administration of Gov. Daniel J. McKee has been the subject of speculation...
Social-service organizations finding ways to stay essential, even in hard times
Providing essential services to those with disabilities can be challenging in the best of times.
But as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted life for many people,...
Langhammer has been making a difference in society since day one
PBN BUSINESS WOMEN AWARDS 2020 CAREER ACHIEVER: Peg Langhammer | Day One
PEG LANGHAMMER was always driven to make a difference.
She grew up in the...
Startup shake-up: Entrepreneurs scramble to revamp business plans
Like many college seniors, biomedical student Abbie Kohler and engineering student Greg Fine were disheartened to have their final semester suddenly cut short and...
R.I. leaders grapple with $200M budget deficit
Rhode Island has a budget deficit, again.
By definition, a structural deficit is a persistent budget situation in which revenues are growing slower than expenditures....
Rhode Island Training School implements action plan to ensure safety
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Training School Executive Director Kevin McKenna has stepped down from his position following a July 26 altercation there that sent...