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  • PBS NewsHour segment on GLP-1 treatment for addiction

    PBS NewsHour Features the She Thrives GLP-1 Program

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  • Brick building of the Woonsocket shelter

    Woonsocket Shelter to Remain Open and Expand

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  • Shelter resident with a walker entering a dorm room, still from the documentary

    From Woonsocket Shelter to Recovery--New Documentary Film about Addiction Treatment

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  • Providence Journal cover: Are GLP-1s the next big addiction breakthrough?

    GLP-1 Treatment Program on Cover of Providence Journal

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  • Bunk beds in the new 50-person Woonsocket shelter

    Launching a new 50 person shelter in Woonsocket

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  • Employers and job seekers at a Fair Chance Job Fair table

    Fair Chance Job Fairs Bring Together Jobs and Job Seekers

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  • Rally on the RI State House steps with signs reading Save Shelter Funding

    OpenDoors Helps Save RI Shelter Funding and Stop Shelter Closures

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  • Master-leasing tenant sitting on the bed in his apartment

    OpenDoors Clients Graduate Into Being First Master-Leasing Tenants!

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  • Syringe drawing medication from a vial

    OpenDoors 1st Social Service Program in U.S. to Provide New Addiction Treatment

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  • Governor McKee speaking with residents and staff at the renovated Pawtucket shelter

    Governor McKee Visits Newly Renovated Pawtucket Shelter

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  • She Thrives Program Coordinator Cara Cote speaking in her office

    OpenDoors Receives a Grant from the DOJ's Second Chance Act for She Thrives Program

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  • Providence Journal photo: Alisia Cabral, first resident, in the living room of the OpenDoors women and children's house

    OpenDoors Opens New Transitional House for Women With Children

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  • Officials at a podium announcing the driver's license program

    Driver's License Program Will Help 600 Drive Again

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  • Warwick Beacon article: Homeless Welcome Motel 6, Few Incidents Reported

    OpenDoors Motel 6 Shelter A Success!

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  • Portrait of Deputy Director Dina Bruce against a brick wall

    Dina Bruce New OpenDoors Deputy Director!

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  • Brandon Robinson, OpenDoors Director of Justice Strategy, outdoors

    Staff Spotlight: Brandon Robinson- OpenDoors Director of Justice Strategy

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  • Painting by Leonard Jefferson of a figure in a vacant lot before city buildings

    Open Doors family member Leonard Jefferson's artwork displayed at the Brown Granoff Center for the Arts

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  • Five people outside the new OpenDoors house for women released from prison

    OpenDoors launches RI's first house for women released from prison

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OpenDoors recognizes that people are more than their criminal record. We are largely staffed and led by people that have overcome histories of incarceration, addiction, and homelessness so we know first hand what is possible when we invest in people, not prison. OpenDoors provides wrap-around support and advocacy for justice-involved and homeless people that strengthens communities and increases public safety.

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