Nearly $1.7 million in grants to help Rhode Islanders cope with the behavioral health challenges of the COVID-19 crisis Thirty-one organizations will receive funding from the COVID-19 Behavioral Health Fund established by the Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner and health insurers at the Rhode Island Foundation By Chris Barnett, Senior Public Affairs Officer at The Rhode Island...

Press Statement from Horizon Healthcare Partners: Standing on the Side of Racial Justice There are those moments in time, and history, where it is imperative that one must decide on what, and whose, side they stand. Today, the five member agencies (Community Care Alliance, Newport Mental Health, Thrive Behavioral Health, Tides Family Services and CODAC) of Horizon Healthcare...

By Andrew Thornebrooke of The East Greenwich Pendulum June 1, 2020  WARWICK—Local nonprofit Thrive Behavioral Health is adapting to the pandemic and its associated malaise by offering telehealth services for clients who may be struggling with mental illness, substance abuse or homelessness. The organization’s leadership hopes that the effort will help its missions of improving the quality...

COVID-19 Puts New Focus on Mental Health ALEX TRUBIA May 9, 2020 As the COVID-19 pandemic upends day-to-day life, sustaining and improving mental health has rarely been more important. And with May being Mental Health Awareness month in the state, it is an equally important time to collectively support one another, maintain a sense of balance and...

Rhode Island Congressional Delegation Announces $8 Million for Mental Health Services MAY 6, 2020 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, along with Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline, today announced that Thrive Behavioral Health, Inc. and Newport Mental Health have been awarded $8 million in federal grant funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 1, 2020 Media Contact: Karen Jeffreys, Program Director, Horizon Healthcare Partners, 401-954-1510 or kjeffreys@hhpartners.org “May Is Mental Health Month” Goes Virtual Services & Supports Needed Now More Than Ever East Providence – As May kicks off “May is Mental Health Month’, COVID-19 has changed how the five behavioral health organizations that make up Horizon Healthcare Partners (HHP)...