RIF awards $350K for Kennedy Plaza outreach

PROVIDENCE – Amos House, Crossroads Rhode Island and The Providence Center will share more than $350,000 to increase social services outreach in Kennedy Plaza and Burnside Park, the Rhode Island Foundation said Nov. 7.

Amos House will receive $150,000 to add 20 people to its A Hand Up program, which puts panhandlers to work cleaning roadways and vacant lots throughout Providence.

Crossroads RI will receive $125,000 to hire two full-time workers focused on downtown outreach, while The Providence Center will receive $80,000 to place a second, full-time clinician with the Providence Police Department to increase its focus on downtown.

The Rhode Island Foundation, with funding help from the Grace K. and Wesley S. Alpert Foundation, will provide six months’ worth of funding for these programs.

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