Rhode Island Foundation emergency grants for food, housing, heating
Rhode Island Foundation awards nearly $160,000 in additional emergency grant s to help keep people warm and fed this winter Hundreds of Rhode Island families will be healthier in the new year thanks to nearly $160,000 in emergency grants for help with food, housing and heating costs from the Rhode Island Foundation. Connecting for Children and Families in Woonsocket, the Salvation Army, with offices in Providence and Newport; and the WARM Shelter in Westerly each received at least $50,000 to help people with basic necessities such as food, housing and heating bills. “Nonprofits are dealing with record demand due to the soaring cost of everyday expenses. As inflation squeezes already tight budgets, we turned to nonprofit partners with experience distributing emergency assistance to people in crisis across broad geographic areas,” said Neil D. Steinberg, the Foundation’s president and CEO. Connecting for Children & Families will use it...