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Roxanne Newman,Ph.D. candidate in public health and a single mom of two children, shared her concerns about making recovery a priority.
‘People are building their careers off of our bodies’
PROVIDENCE – On Thursday, May 4, more than $3.25 million in new grants were announced, given to 15 nonprofit organizations to address opioid use, treatment, and prevention in Rhode Island, … more
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Sandy Valentine, executive director of RICARES, outside her office in downtown Providence.
The healing arts of recovery
PROVIDENCE – The recovery community in Rhode Island has been blessed with many strong leaders over the past two decades, from the late Jim Gillen and Tom Coderre to Linda Hurley, Colleen Ndoye … more
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From left: Brian Daniels, OMB, Director James Thorsen, and Elena Mertus, CFO, testifying at the March 20 Senate Finance Committee hearing.
A culture war on behavioral health infrastructure
PROVIDENCE – In a Friday, March 24, news dump, Gov. Dan McKee revealed a major shake-up in his administration, announcing that James Thorsen, the current director of the R.I. Department of … more
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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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