Au Pairs: December 15th* Deadline to Sign Up for Free Health Insurance
If you are an au pair on a J1 visa with a valid DS-2019, living anywhere in the United States, you may be eligible for free, comprehensive health insurance that covers primary care, prescriptions, pre-existing conditions, sports injuries, mental health care, vaccinations, COVID-19 care, emergency room visits, surgeries, and other medical expenses. Note: This announcement…
Read MoreThe R.I. Center for Justice Stands with Jose Batista for Transparency
The Rhode Island Center for Justice stands with Jose Batista, Executive Director of the Providence External Review Authority (PERA), established by the Providence City Council to function as a civilian police oversight board. On November 10th, Director Batista released two videos from an April 19, 2020 incident showing Sergeant Hanley handcuffing and being physically and…
Read MoreTenant Protection Against Evictions and Help Paying Rent
Update, December 29, 2020: On Monday, December 28th, the President signed into law a new COVID relief bill. The law includes an extension of the CDC moratorium on evictions. The CDC moratorium, which was set to expire on December 31 2020, will now be in effect through January 31 2021. The new law did not…
Read MoreRhode Island District Court Reluctantly Dismisses Suit Seeking to Establish Federal Constitutional Right to a Civic Education
Plaintiffs will appeal, saying the decision gives them a road map to the First Circuit PRESS RELEASE – OCTOBER 13, 2020 New York, NY — Judge William Smith of the U.S. District Court for Rhode Island today issued his long-awaited decision in Cook v. Raimondo. The case was filed in November 2018 by a group…
Read MoreRhode Island Urgently Needs a Justice Budget
The Rhode Island Center for Justice supports the 2020 Justice Budget platform, which calls for equitable budgeting, fair taxes, and improved social safety nets in a balanced economy. We call on legislators and state leaders to pass the provisions in the Justice Budget and make Rhode Island a state of shared prosperity for all. Economic…
Read MoreLandlord/Tenant Disputes: Tenants Deserve Fair News Coverage
The Providence Journal recently published a salacious story of a tenant-landlord dispute, where the landlord of a luxury apartment was unable to remove a tenant when her lease expired. The piece depicted the tenant as a charlatan lawyer who decided to overstay her lease. However, this article does not reflect the reality of most tenant-landlord…
Read MoreNational Grid customers: Enroll now in discount rates and protection from utility termination
All National Grid residential customers are protected from utility shutoff due to the pandemic, but this protection will expire at the end of September unless you are enrolled in low-income discount rates. If you are enrolled in discount rates, you are protected from shutoff until April 2021. You may be newly eligible for this rate…
Read MoreEviction moratorium / Prohibición temporal de desalojos
The information in this post is now partially out-of-date. Please see our updated blog post for more information. Está en riesgo de ser desalojado por falta de pagar la renta? Vea el Formulario de Notificación y Declaración de Moratoria de Desalojo y solicite ayuda para pagar la renta aquí. On September 5, 2020 the Centers…
Read MoreThe Center for Justice Thanks BCBSRI for its Support
The Rhode Island Center for Justice is grateful for a 2020 BlueAngel Community Health Grant from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI) to prevent homelessness and the serious negative health impacts of housing insecurity for Rhode Islanders. The BlueAngel Grant supports our work to help Rhode Islanders remain stably housed and keep prevent…
Read MoreWorkers’ Rights During COVID-19 / Derechos de los Trabajadores Durante Covid-19
Anuncio traducido abajo. English / Inglés The Latino Policy Institute, AMOR (Alliance to Mobilize Our Resistance), Fuerza Laboral, and the Economic Progress Institute have released resource guides in Spanish and English on rights of workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, including worker safety, sick leave, and unemployment. These documents, embedded below, include: https://tinyurl.com/BackToWorkRI-ENG: An English two-page…
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