Executive Office of Health and Human Services and the Rhode Island Foundation Award .25 Million in Grants to Address Opioid Use

PROVIDENCE, RI – Today, the McKee Administration's Executive Office of Health and Human Services and the Rhode Island Foundation announced $3.25 mi...

May 4, 2023
8:18 PM

PROVIDENCE, RI – Today, the McKee Administration's Executive Office of Health and Human Services and the Rhode Island Foundation announced $3.25 million in grant funding to 15 nonprofit organizations to address opioid use, treatment and prevention. "The grants are fully funded with Opioid Settlement Agreement dollars," said Governor Dan McKee. "I am pleased that these funds will address Rhode Island's prevention priorities - preventing overdoses, overdose deaths and opioid misuse by identifying, developing and evaluating multi-level strategies and interventions.