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MEET OUR GRADUATES: Foster Care Alumna Pays it Forward
Tiffanie Desrosiers, a social work major, was formerly in foster care and is now working towards becoming a foster youth therapist. “We’re not victims. We’re survivors,” she says.
MEET OUR GRADUATES: Once Homeless, Garcia is Now Pursuing a Career in Social Work
Rhode Island College ImpactForty-eight-year-old Francisca Garcia is not only graduating with a bachelor’s degree in social work, she has already been accepted into RIC’s M.S.W. program.
RIC Partnership Removes Barriers to a Community Health Worker’s Dream
Rhode Island College ImpactUpon completion of this unique M.S.W. program, Silvia Adames will become a fully licensed behavioral health counselor.
Grant Aims to Elevate Latinx Behavioral Health Care in RI
Rhode Island College ImpactA School of Social Work grant will fund essential clinical behavioral health services training to assist Hispanic communities statewide.
New Interagency Program is Helping Social Workers Become Licensed Clinicians
Rhode Island College ImpactHere are some of the faces of R.I.’s future social work clinicians earning their M.S.W. degree at Rhode Island College.
Awardees of MHARI’s First Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Scholarship
Rhode Island College ImpactRIC students are helping to diversify the field of mental health in Rhode Island.
Meet Our B.P.S. Students: Her Path to a Bachelor's Degree Came Unexpectedly
Rhode Island College ImpactThe next chapter in Ruth Soares’ story has yet to be written but she believes the B.P.S. program is a link to her future.
Alumna Sarah Cote Works to Heal a Community
This year’s national theme for Women’s History Month is “Women Providing Healing, Promoting Hope.” Social worker Sarah Cote ’18 exemplifies that maxim in her work with Cranston residents.
RIC, RI Foundation Partner to Develop Pipeline of Diverse Fundraising Professionals
Rhode Island College ImpactThe new Fundraising Apprenticeship Program is a collaboration between the RIC School of Social Work, the Rhode Island Foundation and the Rhode Island Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals
Working with Individuals in Crisis: Alumna Alicia Ead
Alicia Ead is a busy professional. Her specialties are twofold: autism education and working with high-risk, crisis-level psychiatric patients.