RI Health Department gets $42,000 grant for Addiction Hotline

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The state Department of Health has received a $42,000 grant from the Del Prete Family Foundation to staff a phone line with recovery coaches to help people seeking help with addiction.

The funds donated by the nonprofit foundation based in Providence will pay the coaches to staff the "warm line," scheduled to launch in June, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Health Director Nicole Alexander-Scott said Wednesday.

The department is seeking another $42,000 in donations, she said, to fund the hotline staff 24-hours a day. To make a contribution email Linda Mahoney at linda.mahoney@bhddh.ri.gov or call (401) 462-3056.

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