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In a photo from 2020, Karen Rathbun of Community Care Alliance sands in front of a playground that had been constructed by volunteers from Blue Cross Blue Shield of RI. BHDDH plans to evict the agency from the state-owned building.
BHDDH on schedule with its evictions of MAP, CCA
WOONSOCKET – The efforts by the R.I. Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals to evict the Community Care Alliance from its state-owned facility at 181 … more
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Shirley, a precocious five-year-old, has learned to ask good questions.
Bodies are cool
WELLFLEET, Mass. – Our granddaughter Shirley will be turning five in a few months. She was born with two serious heart conditions, one of which was detected at the beginning of our … more
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Gov. Dan McKee speaks at the podium at the Nov. 2 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.
'Dopesickness' is everywhere
PROVIDENCE – In the days and nights following the election, I have found myself engrossed in reading Beth Macy’s new book, Raising Lazarus: Hope, Justice, and the Future of … more
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Linda Hurley, president and CEO of CODAC Behavioral Healthcare, left, and Gov. Dan McKee, at the 50th anniversary gala held on Thursday, Oct. 6, at the Roger Williams Park Botanical Garden
Celebrating CODAC’s first 50 years
PROVIDENCE – I was sitting next to Gov. Dan McKee at one of the reserved tables at the 50th Anniversary Gala for CODAC Behavioral Healthcare, held on Thursday evening, Oct. 6, at the Roger … more
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Abbie Knapton, holding her son, Christopher, at the 2021 Rally4Recovery.
Celebrating recovery – and finding a path toward jobs
PROVIDENCE – The 19th annual Rally4Recovery, which will take place this coming weekend, on Saturday, Sept. 17, from noon until 4 p.m. at Roger Williams Park’s Temple of Music, is expected … more
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To change the strategies to reduce the growing number of opioid OD drug fatalities, it will require investments in creating better testing and safer supplies of illicit drugs.
Opioid OD crisis is not an unsolvable problem
PART TwoPROVIDENCE – In PART One, I reported on how the TestRI Project at the Brown School of Public Health had revealed the presence of at least 50 adulterants [emphasis added] in the … more
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