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By 1935, the Rhode Island State Library was administering state aid for community libraries and library extension service. [4] The Department of State Library Services (now OLIS) was founded in 1964 as a result of legislation initiated by the Rhode Island Library Association, taking over some of these roles from the State Library. [4]
There are currently 13 accredited, degree-granting institutions operating in the state, including two research universities, a community college, and a school of art. Two of the state's public institutions are administered by the Rhode Island Board of Education. [1] The other, the University of Rhode Island, is overseen by its own board of ...
It was founded as Rhode Island Junior College, "RIJC", in 1964 with 325 students studying at the Henry Barnard School in Providence, Rhode Island.In 1965, a portion of the nearby former Brown & Sharpe manufacturing facility was converted into classroom space and served as the college's primary facility until 1972.
Raimondo serves as vice chair of the board of directors of Crossroads Rhode Island, the state's largest homeless services organization. Until 2011, she was an administrator of Women and Infants Hospital and chair of its Quality Committee. She has served on the boards of La Salle Academy and Family Service of Rhode Island. [137]
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park is a National Park Service unit in the states of Rhode Island and Massachusetts.The park was created for the purpose of preserving, protecting, and interpreting the industrial heritage of the Blackstone River Valley and the urban, rural, and agricultural landscape of that region.
A magazine serving Rhode Island's gay community, Options, was founded in 1982. [1] In 1983, the Rhode Island Alliance for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights was founded, [1] and it began hosting blood drives for people with HIV. [18]
Named after chemist and civil rights activist George Wiley, the organization was founded by Henry Shelton, a social activist, and is based in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. [1] [2] Its stated mission is "local community organizing" to create "social and economic justice through changes in public policy". [3]
Rhode Island Works is a program intended to provide financial and employment services for needy families in order to give children a healthy growth. The program was intended to provide families of low income the necessary aids such as food, shelter, clothing, child care, and medical care as well as assisting parents in finding employment.