The following Eyewitness News video and press release were distributed by Alexandra Leslie, Reporter, WPRI Eye Witness News on July 16, 2020. Help coming for Rhode Islanders struggling with behavioral health challenges of pandemic   PROVIDENCE, RI (WPRI) — Rhode Islanders coping with behavioral health challenges of the COVID-19 crisis have more opportunities to seek help, thanks to new...

By G. Wayne Miller Journal Staff Writer  Posted at 12:02 AM on July 16, 2020   PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Foundation on Thursday announced almost $1.7 million in grants to organizations that are helping Rhode Islanders deal with the mental-health challenges of living during the coronavirus pandemic.   This is the second round of grants from the COVID-19 Behavioral Health Fund, which the...

R.I. Foundation awards $1.7M in grants to 31 nonprofits to support behavioral health during COVID-19 PROVIDENCE – Roughly $1.7 million in grants were issued to 31 local nonprofit organizations by the Rhode Island Foundation from its COVID-19 Behavioral Health Fund, the foundation announced Thursday. The foundation said the fund helps Rhode Islanders cope with behavioral health challenges that were brought on...

Thrive Behavioral Health's Eleanor Briggs School and Community Partnership Program graduate eight high school seniors. Congratulations to Thrive's Class of 2020!  Keeping their social distance, teachers Sean Rogan and James Merola present Ethan Kowalski with his diploma. Mike Foley, Director of Eleanor Briggs School, congratulates Ivan Toste on graduating.  Thrive’s Eleanor Briggs School has been recognized as a...

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...

Posted by Warwick Online on May 14, 2020   Warwick-based Thrive Behavioral Health, Inc. and Newport Mental Health have been awarded $8 million in federal grant funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, along with Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline announced...