This week, new details have emerged about financial mismanagement at the Department of Children, Youth, and Families. A second audit has revealed the…
Kristin Gourlay
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DCYF Reform: A Progress Report
It’s not just financial irregularities plaguing the child welfare agency. There are lists of reforms officials must tackle – including 20 specific…
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Former DCYF Director Received Inappropriate Payments, Finds New Audit
Another audit has uncovered more irregularities in accounting practices at the state Department of Children, Youth and Families.
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Lawmakers Continue DCYF Oversight At Tuesday Hearing
Lawmakers continue their oversight of the state’s troubled child welfare agency with a quarterly hearing tomorrow. The joint Senate Health and Human…
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Turnaround Team Takes Reins At Troubled Eleanor Slater Hospital
The State-run Eleanor Slater Hospital will be overseen by a team of health care management consultants while state officials work to fix numerous…
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Transforming The Doctor’s Office To Welcome Transgender Patients
When you walk into a doctor’s office for the first time, you might be asked to fill out a slew of forms. Many include a box to check for your gender:…
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RI’s First Murder Case Involving Overdose Death In Court
Law enforcement officials are turning to the courts as they look to turn the tide on a drug overdose epidemic. Rhode Island Attorney General Peter…
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The Pulse: Looking Back On Ebola, A Liberian Community Leader Embraces The Future
It’s been a year since the height of an Ebola outbreak that ravaged West Africa and kept communities in the United States on high alert. In Rhode Island…
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Attorney General Secures Price Break On Narcan
The price of a medication that can reverse a drug overdose has doubled over the past year. Now Rhode Island will be getting a small break in the price…
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Medicaid Director Gifford Steps Down
Rhode Island’s Medicaid director, Dr. Deidre Gifford, is stepping down. A search for her replacement is underway.
