CRANSTON, RI – Governor Dan McKee and the Rhode Island Department of Human Services (DHS) today announced the upcoming issuance of SUN Bucks benefits for Rhode Island children for the 2024–2025 academic year.
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The Office of the Child Advocate (OCA) is an independent, autonomous state agency tasked with the immense responsibility of protecting the legal rights of children involved with the Department of Children, Youth & Families (DCYF), to promote policies and practices, which ensure that children are safe, that children have permanent and stable families, and that children in out-of-home placement have their physical, mental, medical, educational, emotional, and behavioral needs met. The OCA functions as the oversight agency to DCYF.
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Providence, RI -- “The Real Housewives of Rhode Island” Set against the shores of the Ocean State, “The Real Housewives” franchise expands into the world of a tight-knit circle of Rhode Islanders who have deep community roots and families that go back generations. With aspirational lives, thriving businesses and tangled family dynamics, these decade-long friendships prove that in a state this small, there’s no escaping your past … or each other.
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CRANSTON, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Human Services (DHS) today announced that the SNAP Connect pilot will officially launch on April 21, 2025, for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) beneficiaries who live in Pawtucket.
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The State's Art Agency (RISCA) announced today that Teatro ECAS and PVD World Music, both of Providence, were among the recipients of grants to fund cultural sustainability and operating support. Funded by the Wallace Foundation and delivered by the regional arts agencies including the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA), Teatro ECAS will receive $100,000 and PVD World Music will be granted $25,000.
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Providence, RI – A senior at Classical High School, Emmanuel Obisanya, was named the Rhode Island 2025 winner of the state’s Poetry Out Loud Championship on March 8 at the Providence Public Library. He won with his stand-out recitation of the following poems: Dirge Without Music, Edna St. Vincent Millay; I am the People, the Mob, Carl Sandburg; and Revenge, Letitia Elizabeth Landon.
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PROVIDENCE, RI – Rhode Island Lieutenant Governor Sabina Matos today welcomed the National Lieutenant Governors Association 2025 Spring Meeting to Providence, Rhode Island. This nonpartisan conference, which will run from April 9th to the 11th, convenes state seconds-in-command from across the country to study some of Rhode Island’s successful public programs, share best practices across party lines, and foster interstate collaboration.
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Providence, RI -- Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company, Appian Way, has partnered with Rhode Island-based production company, Verdi Productions, for the authorized documentary on the life of Rod Serling, most known as the creator, host, narrator and primary writer of The Twilight Zone.
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