Posts Tagged ‘Community Care Alliance’
RI 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: Dignity (Bus) arrives as Woonsocket says “together, we can do this”
Dignity Bus R.I. arrived Wednesday morning Two days on the road from Florida, 4 men brought The Dignity Bus to Woonsocket. Driving into the grounds of Holy Family Church on Main Street in Woonsocket, the bus was greeted by a “gaggle” of press, and the chief greeter, VP of the Woonsocket City Council, Valerie Gonzalez.…
Read MoreHomeless in RI: “Lack of vision, planning to blame for homelessness” – Benedict Lessing
by Benedict F. Lessing Jr., commentary We are barely six months away from the kind of inclement weather that creates dangerous circumstances for people living outside. What we know is that the number of people living outside or as the Coalition to End Homelessness characterizes are living in places unfit for human habitation continues to…
Read MoreHomeless in RI: DaVinci Center woes deepen. Destiny Bus ready for its mission to Woonsocket.
DaVinci Center At last report a source told local media that progress was beginning to be made regarding the homeless encampment behind the DaVinci Center and Charles Place (Section 8 housing for 250+) on Charles Street. But, RINewsToday has learned that conditions are not better, and any “progress” of a few people leaving the area…
Read MoreHomeless in RI: Dignity Bus, start your engines… DaVinci Center encampment danger to seniors
We start off with the Good News in our continuing series, “Homeless in RI”. The Dignity Bus It’s said that there are no coincidences in life. Or few of them. How coincidental was it that Woonsocket City Councilor Valerie Gonzalez, would happen to be in Florida, nearby to The Source (bus owners), when the Dignity…
Read MoreHomeless in RI: The Dignity Bus was on its way to help – until it wasn’t
Photo: Dignity Bus and volunteers from The Source, Florida This story is updated from May 12th story which can be accessed here: (https://rinewstoday.com/homeless-in-ri-no-dignity-bus-for-us-vendor-blames-state-for-how-they-do-business/) There was a new, creative idea in the works at the time homeless people were camped outside of the Rhode Island State House that only those “at the top” knew anything about.…
Read MoreHomeless in RI: No “Dignity Bus” for us. Vendor blames state for how they do business.
After announcing the plan for a “Dignity Bus” to come to Woonsocket, which would provide sleeping quarters for approximately 20 homeless individuals as well as staff, we were informed of changes in that plan. The bus is a retrofitted bus made by a Florida company, The Source. The bus shelter program for northern Rhode Island…
Read MoreHomeless in RI: (update) 2 encampments cleared. Death of Woonsocket homeless man.
“Two weeks ago, we lost our first client of the year to overdose who was struggling with homelessness and addiction. This individual was a long-time resident, he was a son, a brother, he had ties to a local church, and he viewed Woonsocket as home,” said Benedict Lessing, Chief Executive Officer at Community Care Alliance,…
Read MoreThe rites of spring brings the RI budget process – Richard Asinof
by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI, contributing writer Photo: In a 2020 photo, Karen Rathbun, vice president of administrative services at Community Care Alliance in Woonsocket, points to a hole in the wall with insulation pouring out, caused by water damage from a leak in the roof at the state-owned building, which was identified in 2017 This…
Read MoreRI health and human services depleted, silos worse in 15 years under EOHHS umbrella – Richard Asinof
by Richard Asinof, contributing writer, ConvergenceRI Photo: Benedict Lessing, Community Care Alliance Editor’s Note: Benedict Lessing, the president and CEO of Community Care Alliance, was one of the last witnesses to give testimony at the more than two-hour hearing held Dec. 16, 2021, before the Senate legislative commission looking at the current structure of the…
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