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2018-01-22
Robina Institute of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice;
Rhode Island does not have a sentencing commission or statutory sentencing guidelines. The Rhode Island Superior Court, which has jurisdiction over felony crimes and sentences, uses sentencing benchmarks as well as general, statutory authority to sentence offenders to a specific term of imprisonment. Rhode Island has had conditional release since 1896, and the Parole Board has existed in some form since 1915. In 1993, the legislature passed an act that increased the number of board members from 6 to 7 and added a fulltime chairperson.
2017-05-11
Executive Office of Health & Human Services State of Rhode Island;
Rhode Island is changing the way it delivers and pays for healthcare. In Rhode Island, healthcare doesn't stop at the doctor's office or the hospital bed—It extends to where people live, work, play, and learn. It rewards quality outcomes rather than quantity—the number of patient visits. This approach to care is data-driven and evidence-based—tracking patient populations to identify risks and measure results. To achieve its goals, Rhode Island has mounted a number of initiatives to change healthcare payment policies and service delivery.None of these changes in healthcare are possible without a transformed workforce—with the right workers, with the right skills and tools, in the right place at the right time. To determine what this workforce looks like and how to prepare for it, the Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services, in partnership with the State Innovation Model Test Grant, convened a cross-section of stakeholders from the state's healthcare providers, education and training organizations, and policymakers in health and workforce. This group—the Rhode Island Healthcare Workforce Transformation Committee—gathered to establish workforce priorities and weigh potential strategies. Topics analyzed included primary care, behavioral health practice and integration, social determinants of health, health information technology, oral health, chronic disease, and home and community-based care. This report, prepared by Jobs for the Future (JFF), provides background research to support Rhode Island's development of a healthcare workforce transformation strategy. To determine workforce needs in a changing healthcare environment, this study asks not just how many new workers are needed in particular occupations, but how to renew the skills of the existing workforce to assume new and evolving healthcare roles in new settings.
2006-09-16
Public/Private Ventures;
This brief incorporates findings from the P/PV reportInvesting in Low-Wage Workers: Lessons from Family Child Care in Rhode Island; it also relies on interviews with advocates and providers in Rhode Island, as well as experts around the country. The brief argues that investments in family child care providers reaped big rewards in Rhode Island -- for providers and, by extension, the children they serve. Increases in reimbursement rates boosted the availability of subsidized child care, raised average incomes in the field and lifted many workers out of poverty. Other states may benefit from an examination of the Rhode Island experience, as they consider strategies to improve family day care (and other employment sectors).
2010-02-01
Feeding America (formerly America's Second Harvest);
This report presents information on the clients and agencies served by The Rhode Island Community Food Bank. The information is drawn from a national study, Hunger in America 2010, conducted in 2009 for Feeding America (FA) (formerly America's Second Harvest), the nation's largest organization of emergency food providers. The national study is based on completed in-person interviews with more than 62,000 clients served by the FA national network, as well as on completed questionnaires from more than 37,000 FA agencies. The study summarized below focuses on emergency food providers and their clients who are supplied with food by food banks in the FA network. Key Findings: The FA system served by The Rhode Island Community Food Bank provides emergency food for an estimated 103,000 different people annually.33% of the members of households served by The Rhode Island Community Food Bank are children under 18 years old (Table 5.3.2).32% of households include at least one employed adult (Table 5.7.1).Among households with children, 80% are food insecure and 29% are food insecure with very low food security (Table 6.1.1.1).43% of clients served by The Rhode Island Community Food Bank report having to choose between paying for food and paying for utilities or heating fuel (Table 6.5.1).32% had to choose between paying for food and paying for medicine or medical care (Table 6.5.1).25% of households served by The Rhode Island Community Food Bank report having at least one household member in poor health (Table 8.1.1)The Rhode Island Community Food Bank included approximately 288 agencies at the administration of this survey, of which 250 have responded to the agency survey. Of the responding agencies, 138 had at least one food pantry, soup kitchen, or shelter.59% of pantries, 60% of kitchens, and 0% of shelters are run by faith-based agencies affiliated with churches, mosques, synagogues, and other religious organizations (Table 10.6.1).Among programs that existed in 2006, 85% of pantries, 77% of kitchens, and 34% of shelters of The Rhode Island Community Food Bank reported that there had been an increase since 2006 in the number of clients who come to their emergency food program sites (Table 10.8.1).Food banks are by far the single most important source of food for agencies with emergency food providers, accounting for 74% of the food distributed by pantries, 33% of the food distributed by kitchens, and 37% of the food distributed by shelters (Table 13.1.1).As many as 92% of pantries, 91% of kitchens, and 77% of shelters in The Rhode Island Community Food Bank use volunteers (Table 13.2.1).
2010-02-01
Feeding America (formerly America's Second Harvest);
This report presents information on the clients and agencies in the state of Rhode Island. The information is drawn from a national study, Hunger in America 2010, conducted in 2009 for Feeding America (FA) (formerly America's Second Harvest), the nation's largest organization of emergency food providers. The national study is based on completed in-person interviews with more than 62,000 clients served by the FA national network, as well as on completed questionnaires from more than 37,000 FA agencies. The study summarized below focuses on emergency food providers and their clients who are supplied with food by food banks in the FA network. Key Findings:The FA system in Rhode Island provides emergency food for an estimated 103,000 different people annually.33% of the members of client households in Rhode Island are children under 18 years old (Table 5.3.2).32% of client households include at least one employed adult (Table 5.7.1).Among client households with children, 80% are food insecure and 29% are food insecure with very low food security (Table 6.1.1.1).43% of clients in Rhode Island report having to choose between paying for food and paying for utilities or heating fuel (Table 6.5.1).32% had to choose between paying for food and paying for medicine or medical care (Table 6.5.1).25% of client households in Rhode Island report having at least one household member in poor health (Table 8.1.1)At the administration of this survey, 1 food banks or FROs affiliated with FA operated in Rhode Island. Of the agencies that were served by those organizations, 244 agencies that had their operation within the state responded to the agency survey. Of the responding agencies, 135 had at least one food pantry, soup kitchen, or shelter.58% of pantries, 62% of kitchens, and 0% of shelters are run by faith-based agencies affiliated with churches, mosques, synagogues, and other religious organizations (Table 10.6.1).Among programs that existed in 2006, 86% of pantries, 77% of kitchens, and 27% of shelters in Rhode Island reported that there had been an increase since 2006 in the number of clients who come to their emergency food program sites (Table 10.8.1).Food banks are by far the single most important source of food for agencies with emergency food providers, accounting for 73% of the food distributed by pantries, 33% of the food distributed by kitchens, and 39% of the food distributed by shelters (Table 13.1.1).
2009-06-25
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation;
Describes Rhode Island's public process to clarify and prioritize stakeholders' goals for a health insurance exchange, evaluate its components, consider the state's market characteristics, and identify and evaluate options. Outlines lessons learned.
2002-11-30
Institute for Women's Policy Research;
Details how the state ranks on key indicators of women's political participation, employment and earnings, social and economic autonomy, reproductive rights, and health and well-being. Includes a resources and rights checklist and policy recommendations.
2010-06-08
Rhode Island Foundation;
Summarizes the impact of the foundation's 2009 discretionary community investments in education, health, arts and culture, community and economic development, and human services, as well as its Initiative for Nonprofit Excellence. Includes plans for 2010.
2009-10-24
Rhode Island Urban Education Task Force;
Recommends policy actions to create the infrastructure and political will to improve public education through pre-K education, early literacy, expanded learning time, multiple pathways, statewide educator quality development, and educator collaboration.
2010-12-20
Commonwealth Fund;
Evaluates a pilot project to promote resident-centered care through activities integrated with recertification inspections, including visits from a nonregulatory entity, and its impact on understanding, consideration, and implementation of practices.
