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July 2019

Preschool Development Grants Awarded to Central Providence Health Equity Zone

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Press Release July 25, 2019 Governor Raimondo’s Health Cabinet Announces New Partnerships to Support Young Children and Families PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Human Services (DHS) and the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) today announced new partnerships to support local families to raise healthy children who are ready and able to succeed in school. “Family members are the first – and often most important – educators in a child’s early life. Yet vulnerable families face significant economic, socioemotional, and other barriers to fulfilling that role,” said new Health and Human Services Secretary and Children’s Cabinet Co-Chair…

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RIHousing Creates More than 600 Homes, Supports Nearly 700 Jobs

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Press Release – RIHousing July 11, 2019 Over $34 million in private investments will create and preserve housing in communities across the state Providence, RI – RIHousing’s Board of Commissioners approved investments at its June Board meeting that will attract private investments of more than $34 million, create 610 homes, significantly improve the neighborhoods where they are located, and support almost 700 jobs. Funding awards were approved for developments located in East Greenwich, North Providence, Pawtucket, Providence, Scituate and Woonsocket. “The success of these developments relies heavily on the utilization of every available funding resource and partnership at our disposal,”…

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Five Questions With Jennifer Hawkins by Providence Business News

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Interview by Mary MacDonald, Providence Business News – July 10, 2019   PBN: What is King Street Commons and who will it provide housing for? HAWKINS: In 2013, we issued a neighborhood revitalization plan called the Build Olneyville plan. It was funded by the [Department of Housing and Urban Development] Choice Neighborhoods initiative. The idea was how do we connect the Providence Housing development called Manton Heights, which is in the neighborhood, along with the next of the neighborhood. It was physically isolated. The only way to access Riverside Park and that area was through this street that had been closed…

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