Blue Cross and Blue Shield of RI, LISC, Rhode Island Foundation Release 2017 Community Reports
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island has released it 2017 Community Report, focused on its wide range of involvement in child health and wellbeing, healthcare access and equity, the opioid crisis, and volunteerism and philanthropy.
LISC RI, a GCRI member, is part of national LISC, which invested $1.2 billion nationwide in 2017, including $27 million in Rhode Island. One of the featured stories in the report is the work of the Health Empowerment Zone in Pawtucket/Central Falls, which is adminstered by LISC RI.
The Rhode Island Foundation’s annual report details information on the $43 million in grants to more than 1,700 the Foundation awarded in 2017, including grants in strategic areas such as economic security, educational success, and healthy lives.