Section 40-19-2. – Comprehensive parenting and pregnancy program established.
§ 40-19-2. Comprehensive parenting and pregnancy program established. The state, under the supervision of the department of human services, shall establish the statewide comprehensive adolescent pregnancy and parenting program, which will include the existing department of human service programs, Project Hope, and Pawtucket’s school-based adolescent pregnancy project, providing both school-based and community-based services including, but […]
Section 40-19-3. – Powers and duties of the department of human services.
§ 40-19-3. Powers and duties of the department of human services. The department of human services shall, within the specific appropriation for this program, establish and evaluate the statewide comprehensive adolescent pregnancy and parenting program to be established pursuant to § 40-19-2 and shall make and establish rules and regulations as are deemed necessary to […]
Section 40-19.1-1. – Coordination of teen pregnancy prevention among state agencies.
§ 40-19.1-1. Coordination of teen pregnancy prevention among state agencies. (a) Whereas, the department of human services, department of health, department of elementary and secondary education, and department of children, youth and families all have responsibility for teen pregnancy education and prevention programs, and recognizing that teen pregnancy is a multi-faceted issue requiring a comprehensive […]
Section 40-20-1. – Long-term-care plan and budget.
§ 40-20-1. Long-term-care plan and budget. The directors of the department of human services, the office of healthy aging, the department of health, and the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals shall develop a five-year (5) Rhode Island long-term-care plan and recommended budget prior to January 1, 1998. In developing the plan, the […]
Section 40-16-3. – Open meetings.
§ 40-16-3. Open meetings. The board of directors of each health center receiving funds pursuant to this section shall annually conduct an open meeting in each neighborhood where a satellite health center is located. Notice of the open meetings provided for above shall be given in accordance with chapter 46 of title 42 required for […]
Section 40-16-4. – Annual report.
§ 40-16-4. Annual report. Each health center receiving funds pursuant to this section shall submit an annual report on their expenditures, revenues, and patients served by health-center categories by October 1 of each year for the prior fiscal year to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, and director of […]
Section 40-17-1. – Legislative findings.
§ 40-17-1. Legislative findings. The general assembly hereby finds that there exists in this state undetermined numbers of homeless persons, many of whom suffer from chronic mental illness and disability, and that this condition exists among families and among individuals of all age groups without regard to ethnic or racial heritage or sex. The existence […]
Section 40-17-2. – Agency established.
§ 40-17-2. Agency established. (a) There is hereby created a permanent council to be called the “interagency council on homelessness” consisting of eighteen (18) members and two (2) ex-officio members: (1) One of whom shall be the chief of the office of housing and community development, or his or her designee, who shall chair the […]
Section 40-17-3. – Duties and responsibilities of council.
§ 40-17-3. Duties and responsibilities of council. The duties and responsibilities of the council shall be: (1) To participate in the process of developing a strategic plan to end homelessness aligned with the federal strategic plan to end homelessness that will serve to reduce the number of homeless individuals and families in Rhode Island; (2) […]
Section 40-17-4. – Meeting and reporting requirements.
§ 40-17-4. Meeting and reporting requirements. Meeting and reporting requirements are as follows: (1) The council shall meet regularly; (2) The council, in conjunction with the housing resources commission, shall provide the strategic plan and specific recommendations to prevent and end homelessness to the governor, senate president, speaker of the house, the senate committee on […]