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Memorial Hospital to be used as emergency homeless shelter

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PAWTUCKET, R.I. (WPRI) — The former Memorial Hospital building is once again being repurposed to provide temporary shelter to people experiencing homelessness. The Rhode Island Department of Housing said it's working with OpenDoors on the project. The nonprofit plans to move its current shelter at the Motel 6 in Warwick to the hospital sometime in March. OpenDoors will rent and operate the shelter, with funding provided by the state through the …

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Memorial Hospital to be used as emergency homeless shelter

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (WPRI) — The former Memorial Hospital building is once again being repurposed to provide temporary shelter to people experiencing homelessness. The Rhode Island Department of Housing said it's working with OpenDoors on the project. The nonprofit plans to move its current shelter at the Motel 6 in Warwick to the hospital sometime in March. OpenDoors will rent and operate the shelter, with funding provided by the state through the …

·East Providence, United States
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Despite unpaid taxes, deterioration, Pawtucket’s former Memorial Hospital to open as homeless shelter again, McKee says - The Boston Globe

The move comes two years after dozens of homeless families with children were forced to vacate a previous shelter on the site due to a flood.

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Shelter at Warwick motel to move to Memorial Hospital in Pawtucket

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (WLNE) — OpenDoors said that it is planning to move its temporary shelter from the Motel 6 in Warwick to Memorial Hospital in Pawtucket. The nonprofit said the move is in partnership with the governor’s office, the Department of Housing, and Mayor Don Grebien. The majority of the 120 people currently sheltering in the motel will be moved to the hospital, which was previously used as a shelter in 2021 and 2022. “We run safe shelte…

·Rhode Island, United States
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Boston Globe broke the news in Boston, United States on Friday, February 14, 2025.
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