Posts Tagged ‘Amos House’
“The Clinic” at Amos House receives $1 Million from Papitto Opportunity Connection
Photo: POC founder Barbara Papitto and Amos House Executive Director Eileen Hayes The Papitto Opportunity Connection (POC) is investing $1 million in a first of its kind program working to increase access to behavioral health and primary care services for justice involved individuals and people in recovery in Rhode Island. The $1 million Innovation Challenge Grant, awarded…
Read More“Project Snug Soles” Sock Drive for Amos House at Residential Properties, Barrington
RPL’s Barrington Office Kicks Off “Project Snug Soles†Sock Drive Residential Properties Ltd. announces a new holiday tradition in support of Amos House. Project Snug Soles is our new annual sock drive with a drop off location right at RPL’s Barrington office. Led by Sales Associate Karen Occhialini, the office will be accepting sock donations…
Read MoreRI Foundation’s Path Home Fund at 8 agencies to help people stay housed. Donate!
The funding will be distributed by eight nonprofits that work across the state; donations for the effort will also be accepted The Rhode Island Foundation announced it will $160,000 in grants to help Rhode Islanders stay housed this winter. The funding will go to eight nonprofits across the state that regularly work with people who are…
Read MoreHomeless in RI: “We’re in terrible, terrible shape”
WPRO’s Steve Klamkin has always asked the most pertinent questions at press conferences for the homeless, and he and Eileen Hayes, the CEO of Amos House, the group that is running the Cranston Street Armory, seem to have an affinity with one another on the topic of homelessness. It was Steve’s question on Friday afternoon…
Read MoreHomeless in RI: Spring. Warming shelters will turn to cooling – the seasons go round and round
Homeless in Rhode Island
Read MoreProvidence Mayor Smiley issues cold weather warning, shelter resources for Friday night
Winter Weather Warnings for Providence
Read MoreHomeless in RI: Shelters cold in the cold
Photo: Cranston St. Armory, Amos House With the bitter cold, and thousands of Rhode Islanders challenged with power outages, and heating outages, we checked in with the homeless shelters – here is an update on how they are faring…some, if not most in older facilities: Cranston Street Armory The Armory had close to 200 people…
Read MoreHomeless in RI: Armory opens, State House eviction holds up in court
Amos House was approved to operate the Cranston Street Armory Warming Station, and with the assistance of the RI National Guard, the facility opened last night at 5pm, prepared to accept approximately 50 people. “Amos House has been a strong, dedicated partner and we look forward to working with them on the Cranston Street Armory…
Read MoreHomeless in Rhode Island – updates for Dec 2, 2022
It is 30 degrees in Providence, Rhode Island From the RI State House Tree Lighting event – by Ann Clanton, contributing writer The RI State House tree lighting happened in the middle of the Governor’s homeless housing crisis. The event went forward without a hitch, as the fireworks of protesting homeless and their advocates held…
Read MorePromises made – and broken. Homeless get a waiting list as state unprepared for crisis.
5 days ago, the day before Thanksgiving, few of us were working, even fewer after noon on the day to plan for Thanksgiving – to cook our recipes, set our tables and plan what we would wear, and that we had enough chairs for all the visitors, adult and child. In between some of these…
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