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![[CREDIT: RICEH] A chart from the Rhode Island Coalition to End Homelessness showing the bottleneck of need versus resources available to address the state's homeless emergency.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/General-Assembly-Homeless-Emergency-1-250x228.jpg)
STATE HOUSE — Forty-four legislators called on Gov. Dan McKee to declare a public health homeless emergency in a letter released today, including Warwick’s David Bennett (D-Dist. 20), and Coventry’s […]
Editor’s note: The following information was provided by the Legislative Press and Pubic Information Bureau. STATE HOUSE – Tuesday, the RI Senate passed legislation sponsored by Senate Health and Human […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The Rhode Island State House is located at 82 Smith St. Providence.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/RI-State-House-300x225.jpg)
STATE HOUSE – Cranston Sen. Josh Miller (D-Dist. 28, Cranston, Providence) and Warwick Rep. David Bennett (D-Dist. 20, Warwick) are proposing a new approach to homelessness in Rhode Island by […]
![[CREDIT: Mary Carlos] Martin Luther King Jr.'s memorial in Washington D.C. By King's reckoning, the evils of racism, poverty and war were intertwined, and King was determined to oppose them all.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Martin-Luther-King-DC-Monument-2011-140x140.jpg)
It’s been 54 years since Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis outside the Lorraine Motel room where he was organizing a crusade against poverty, a […]
![[CREDIT: Sen. Jack Reed's Office] US Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) and Larry Warner Chief Community Impact and Equity Officer at United Way RI, show off a check for nearly $2 million to aid the hungry and homeless in RI>](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Reed-United-Way-homeless-hungry-140x140.jpg)
PROVIDENCE, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed and the United Way of Rhode Island recently announced nearly $2 million for new Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) funding in Rhode […]
WARWICK, RI — Warwick Police arrested a homeless man three times in four days on a variety of charges earlier this month. Robert Slaney, 23, faces one felony count of […]
PAWTUCKET— Youth 18-24 and homeless are among the most undercounted for the U.S. Census, and most affected by subsequent federal funding cuts, which the RI Coalition for the Homeless urges […]
Many Rhode Islanders can’t stay home during the COVID-19 outbreak, because they don’t have homes, a plight the health department and non-profits are easing as the crisis highlights their need for shelter.
WARWICK, RI — Warwick Police arrested a homeless man on Greene River Avenue Tuesday night, charging him with assault with a deadly weapon and firearms violations after responding to a […]
Warwick Police report the RI Department of Health’s testing reveals the substances on items removed from a homeless camp near Community College of Rhode Island Thursday, Nov. 2 as trace amounts of cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl.
Editor’s note: The following information was provided in a news release from the House of Hope. WARWICK, RI – Fair House, the one-time headquarters for 19th Century state fairs, began its […]
Warwick, RI — Two Girl Scouts spent 24 hours fasting and living in cardboard boxes to get an up-close look at the plight of hungry and homeless Rhode Islanders, and built a Silver Award project — signifying the second-highest achievement for Girl Scouts — recounting their experiences.
