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Gov. Dan McKee speaks at the podium at the Nov. 2, 2022, campaign event. From left: Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos, Kathy Schultz, the new director of the Governor's Task Force, Tom Joyce, the new community coordinator of the Task Force, Richard Charest, director of RI BHDDH, Ana Novais, Secretary of RI EOHHS, and Linda Hurley, president and CEO of CODAC.
Collaboration is key to improving responses to OD deaths
Editor’s Note: In response to the news that the number of overdose deaths had fallen in 2023, ConvergenceRI asked Linda Hurley, CEO of CODAC, and Tommy Joyce, co-chair of the Governor’s … more
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Katy Linwood celebrates a year's work as a monthly columnist for ConvergenceRI, writing "The Bright Side" about sobriety.
On confronting those who seek to exploit our vulnerabilities
PROVIDENCE – Last year, when I decided to speak openly about drinking and sobriety, I did so with my eyes wide open. I knew that at some point someone might choose to malign my character or to … more
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State leaders -- Sen. Jack Reed, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Gov. Dan McKee, House Speaker Joe Shekarchi, Director Kasim Yarn of the Office of Veteran Affairs, and Director Richard Leclerc Director of BHDDH -- gathered on Monday morning, May 20, to pay tribute to the extreme competence of of the leaders from the Community Care Alliance, including Benedict Lessing, President and CEO of BH Link, Community Care Alliance, Sydney Muraoka, 988 Call Center Manager, and Katie Anderson, Vice President of Acute Services at the Community Care Alliance, who have achieved a remarkable 98 percent response rate for all calls coming through the hotline, the highest response by any state in the nation.
Celebrating the art of connectedness in RI
EAST PROVIDENCE – This is a big story about competence – pure, unadulterated competence , demonstrated in the delivery of care to meet the urgent mental health needs of Rhode Islanders. … more
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Katherine Linwood, author of a regular column in ConvergenceRI on sobriety, "The Bright Side."
Erin go bragh
PROVIDENCE – I really don’t like St. Patrick’s Day. And, I have a few thoughts about that. Recently, I took a 23andMe genetics test. It showed that I am 88 percent Irish … more
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The extended family of community advocates at the 2018 opening of the Jim Gillen Teen Center: From left, Monica Smith, Michelle McKenzie, Ian Knowles (the author of the story) and Abbie Knapton.
‘The pump don’t work because the doctor stole the handle’
PART Two   PROVIDENCE – The cholera outbreak in London in the mid 1800s claimed thousands of lives. When it hit Soho in the summer of 1854, killing 127 people in the first three … more
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The extended family of community advocates at the 2018 opening of the Jim Gillen Teen Center: From left, Monica Smith, Michelle McKenzie, Ian Knowles (author of the story), and Abbie Knapton.
It’s a poisoning crisis, no longer an opioid crisis
PROVIDENCE – First, the good news. The most recent overdose fatality data for our state is encouraging. As of this writing, there is a 7 percent decrease in the number of confirmed deaths … more
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