Posts Tagged ‘open doors’
Homeless in RI: Memorial Hospital plans on hold, Fall River clean-up, Street Sights newsletter
Memorial Hospital plan to become emergency homeless shelter hits snag After RINewsToday reported on Open Doors’ plan to move their clients from the Motel 6 in Warwick to Memorial Hospital in Pawtucket, we learned that Pawtucket is now going through a building opposition to using the hospital campus building for this purpose. After rumblings became…
Read MoreHomeless in RI: Shelter opens, shelter closes. Memorial Hospital to take 120+ from Motel 6.
Open Doors planning to move shelter from Motel 6 to Memorial Hospital A building on the campus of Memorial Hospital will become a homeless shelter – once again – to be run by Open Doors. Residents will be moved from the Warwick Motel 6 shelter, as a first priority, with openings then going to people…
Read MoreHomeless in RI: Open Doors, Pawtucket Warming Cooling Center expands, with improvements
Photo: OpenDoors staff from the 1139 Main Street Warming&Cooling Center, along with Rep. Jennifer Stewart The Pawtucket Warming and Cooling Center at 1139 Main Street has undergone renovations to be able to increase capacity by 9 beds, bringing the total bed count from 31 to 40 beds to increase its service to Rhode Islanders experiencing…
Read MoreHomeless in RI: Dignity Bus inspected, Pawtucket to expand, Encampments moving, DaVinci waits
Dignity Bus, Woonsocket Update: The Dignity Bus RI was taken to Miller’s Auto for inspections and possible repairs, and the group extended its thanks to the work of Woonsocket’s Personnel Director, Mark Ferguson, and Secretary of Housing, Stefan Pryor’s efforts to secure a trucking union volunteer, Tom McCaughey. Valerie Gonzalez, Woonsocket City Council member let’s…
Read MoreHomeless in RI: Leaving the light on as lights dim at Armory. Sanctioned camping. Dignity Bus…
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