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Executive Office of Health and Human Services Announces Medicaid Renewal Outreach Mini-Grants for Community Organizations
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Executive Office of Health and Human Services Announces Medicaid Renewal

LPR News August 9, 2023

Cranston, Rhode Island – The McKee Administration’s Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) today opened the application for a second round of mini-grants totaling $100,000 for community-based organizations to support Medicaid renewals.   “Rhode Island is dedicated to prioritizing residents’ health and wellbeing. Supporting access to affordable healthcare and programs like Medicaid are a […]Read More

PVDFest Parade to Honor Historic Black Artist and Providence Art Club Founder Edward Mitchell Bannister
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PVDFest Parade to Honor Historic Black Artist and Providence Art

LPR News August 9, 2023

Helen Baskerville-Dukes, Gonzalo Cuervo Recognized as Parade Grand Marshals    PROVIDENCE, RI— Mayor Brett P. Smiley today announced the return of the PVDFest Parade, a signature PVDFest spectacle festival goers of all ages can participate in, on Sunday, September 10. This year’s parade will honor Edward Mitchell Bannister, the 19th-century Black artist who was a […]Read More

Application period now open for Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island’s LGBTQ Safe Zone Program
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Application period now open for Blue Cross & Blue Shield

LPR News August 9, 2023

Safe Zone designation identifies sites providing safe and inclusive care to the LGBTQ community PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI) is now accepting applications for its newest cohort of LGBTQ Safe Zone facilities. Healthcare facilities designated as Safe Zones will join more than 80 sites statewide that have demonstrated they are providing safe, […]Read More

Mayor Baldelli-Hunt Announces $421K RIDOT Award to “Pave Way” for Better City Roads
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Mayor Baldelli-Hunt Announces $421K RIDOT Award to “Pave Way” for

LPR News August 8, 2023

WOONSOCKET, R.I.: Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt announced today that the City of Woonsocket has been awarded a $420,737 funding opportunity from the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) Municipal Road and Bridge Fund Program (the Program). The Program requires the City to fund 67% of overall project costs, or $854,234, to receive a no-cost 33% state […]Read More

Reed Delivers $818,000 to Provide Health & Wellness Support Services to Vulnerable RI Seniors
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Reed Delivers $818,000 to Provide Health & Wellness Support Services

LPR News August 8, 2023

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to ensure that elderly and disabled residents receive critical supportive services, U.S. Senator Jack Reed announced $818,137 in federal funding to help provide wellness and community-based services so senior citizens and residents with disabilities can live more independently. Seventeen Rhode Island affordable housing service providers will receive the federal aid […]Read More

Decommissioning of Providence Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) Station
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Decommissioning of Providence Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) Station

LPR News August 8, 2023

PROVIDENCE, RI—Beginning this month, the Providence Police Department will no longer conduct vehicle identification number (VIN) checks at the Providence Public Safety Complex parking garage located at 349 West Fountain Street.  VIN checks are required by the Rhode Island Department of Motor Vehicles when registering a vehicle purchased with a title from another state or was […]Read More

McKee Administration Announces Recipients of $3.8 Million in Learn365RI Grants
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McKee Administration Announces Recipients of $3.8 Million in Learn365RI Grants

LPR News August 8, 2023

Funding awarded to communities across Rhode Island to support the shift from 180 days of learning to 365 PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee and the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) today announced the recipients of nearly $3.8 million in Advancing Learning Beyond the 180-Day School Year grant program funding aimed to support Rhode Island […]Read More

Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank Names Three Municipalities To Join The Municipal Resilience Program
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Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank Names Three Municipalities To Join The

LPR News August 8, 2023

Municipal Resilience Program process will help Cranston, Johnston, and West Warwick identify resilience priorities and qualify for grant funding to implement infrastructure solutions. PROVIDENCE, R.I – Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank announced that three municipalities – the City of Cranston, the Town of Johnston, and the Town of West Warwick – have been selected to participate […]Read More

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