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Grant Aims to Elevate Latinx Behavioral Health Care in RI

Rhode Island College Impact

A School of Social Work grant will fund essential clinical behavioral health services training to assist Hispanic communities statewide.

New Interagency Program is Helping Social Workers Become Licensed Clinicians

Rhode Island College Impact

Here are some of the faces of R.I.’s future social work clinicians earning their M.S.W. degree at Rhode Island College.

Awardees of MHARI’s First Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Scholarship

Rhode Island College Impact

RIC students are helping to diversify the field of mental health in Rhode Island.

Meet Our B.P.S. Students: Her Path to a Bachelor's Degree Came Unexpectedly

Rhode Island College Impact

The next chapter in Ruth Soares’ story has yet to be written but she believes the BPS program is a link to her future.

Alumna Sarah Cote Works to Heal a Community

This year’s national theme for Women’s History Month is “Women Providing Healing, Promoting Hope.” Social worker Sarah Cote ’18 exemplifies that maxim in her work with Cranston residents.

RIC, RI Foundation Partner to Develop Pipeline of Diverse Fundraising Professionals

Rhode Island College Impact

The new Fundraising Apprenticeship Program is a collaboration between the RIC School of Social Work, the Rhode Island Foundation and the Rhode Island Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals

Working with Individuals in Crisis: Alumna Alicia Ead

Alicia Ead is a busy professional. Her specialties are twofold: autism education and working with high-risk, crisis-level psychiatric patients.

First-Gen Grad Leans on Supports and into Opportunities on Path to Success

Rhode Island College Impact

Pauline managed to find help in some of the unique supports RIC provides, like Learning for Life and Project ExCEL

RIC School of Social Work Receives $1M-Plus Grant to Fund School-Based Mental Health Interventions

Rhode Island College Impact

The School of Social Work will train 64 master’s-level social workers over four years in Providence public schools

Class of 2021: RIC Social Work Grads Help Trace the Pandemic's Curve

As contact tracers, this trio of pending Rhode Island College graduates were part of an 18-person School of Social Work team that assisted thousands of vulnerable people caught in the wave of COVID-19.