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Home DHS Home Page Site Map Search Welfare Reform Passage of the FIA was the culmination of nearly a year and a half of public debate including an extensive community input process which involved local community, advocates, businesses, and media groups as well as welfare beneficiaries. More than 900 individuals participated in the public meetings and more than 175 came forward to state their concerns. The Family Independence Act is based on the principle that children who receive assistance should never be worse off than they were before reform. The Family Independence Program (FIP), implemented according to law under the new FIA on May 1, 1997, has several components which help to differentiate it from the old program including: A five-year time limit on cash assistance for adults. Children may continue to receive benefits. Work requirements with work supports as follows: - Preparation for workforce - Child care assistance without time limits - Health care coverage without time limits - Earned income disregards, which allow

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RI Parent Information Network - Rhode Island Type of Center PTI Address 175 Main Street Pawtucket, RI 02860 Phone (401) 727-4144; (800) 464-3399 (in-state only) TTY Fax E-mail collins@ripin.org Web Address www.ripin.org/ Target Audiences Parent Centers (Parent Training and Information Centers and Community Parent Resource Centers) work with families of children and young adults from birth to age 22 with all disabilities: physical, mental, learning, emotional, and attention deficit disorders. Parent Centers train and inform parents and professionals, help families obtain appropriate education and services for their children with disabilities, work to improve educational results for all children, resolve problems between families and schools or other agencies and connect children with disabilities to community resources that address their needs. Parent centers are funded by the U.S. Department of Education under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Each state has at least one parent center, and states with large populations may have more. There are approximately 100 parent centers in the U.S. Topical Areas IDEA 97, Rights and Responsibilities, Procedural Safeguards, Early Childhood, Transition (these are just a few of the topics covered by parent centers)

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New England Comprehensive Assistance Center (NECAC) at EDC, Inc. 55 Chapel Street Newton, MA 02158 Phone: 800-332-0226 Fax: (617) 969-7578 TDD: 617-964-5448 E-mail: CompCenter@edc.org URL: http://www.edc.org/NECAC/ We have done our best to make this site accessible. Please direct comments or questions about this site to Cyndi Plouff Resources in Region I Rhode Island Rhode Island State Department of Education Peter McWalters, Commissioner 255 Westminster Street Providence, RI 02903 Phone: (401) 277-4600 Email: ride0001@ride.ri.net Frederick Lippitt, Esq., Chairman Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education 301 Promenade Street Providence, Rhode Island 02908-5720 Phone: (401) 277-2088 Fax: (401) 227-2545 E-mail: RIBOG@uriacc.uri.edu Rhode Island Office of Higher Education 301 Promenade Street Providence, Rhode Island 02908-5720 Phone: (401) 277-6560 Fax: (401) 227-6111 Guaranty Agency Rhode Island Higher Education Assistance Authority 560 Jefferson Boulevard Warwick, Rhode Island 02886

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RHODE ISLAND RESOURCES Contacts State Contact Ron Caldarone Chief of Special Needs Division of Family Health 3 Capitol Hill Providence, RI 02908-5097 Phone: 401-222-4612 FAX: 401-277-1442 E-Mail: ronc@doh.state.ri.us EHDI Contacts Ellen Amore Manager, Newborn Screening 3 Capitol Hill Providence, RI 02908-5097 Phone: 401-222-4601 FAX: 401-277-1442 E-Mail: ellena@doh.state.ri.us Legislation Mandates that every newborn infant be screened for a hearing loss. Requires health insurance coverage of the cost of screening. Creates the Hearing Impairments Testing Advisory Council. Citation: R.I. Gen Laws 23-13-13 Web Resources Rhode Island Parent Information Network The mission of the Rhode Island Parent Information Network is to empower, enable, encourage, and support parents to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to become equal partners in advocacy and education for their children. http://www.ripin.org/

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var url = location.href; // url you wish to have bookmarked var who = document.title; // caption to appear with bookmark This Site Mental Health at HHS All Mental Health Online Publications Order Publications National Library of Medicine National Academies Press ... current or new account Rhode Island Resources State Mental Health Agency For more information about admission, care, treatment, release, and patient follow-up in public or private psychiatric residential facilities, contact your State mental health agency: Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Hospitals 14 Harrington Road Cranston, RI 02920 Phone: 401-462-3201 Fax: 401-462-3204 TDD: 401-462-6087 Internet: www.mhrh.state.ri.us State Substance Abuse Agency Contact your State substance abuse agency for information about treatment and care of substance abuse disorders: Craig S. Stenning, Executive Director Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention Services Division of Behavioral Healthcare Services 14 Harrington Road Cranston, RI 02920 Phone: 401- 462-2338 Fax: 401-462-6636 Internet: www.mhrh.state.ri.us

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