Governor Chafee celebrated the opening of Nina’s House, a property purchased by the Nina Foundation to provide a welcoming space for families to rebuild relationships, on February 15.
The Nina Foundation was established in 2003 in memory of “Nina” Sullivan Bertuglio by her family to offer support to children in need. Nina dedicated her life to her family and to helping children, and members of her family started the Nina Foundation to honor her legacy.
“I want to thank the Nina Foundation for all of their excellent work on behalf of young people and families throughout our state, and for making Nina’s House possible. I am sure that Nina Sullivan Bertuglio would be very proud of her family and proud to see the accomplishment that we are celebrating today – this fantastic homelike space where families can spend time together,” said Governor Chafee at the event.
Nina’s House is part of Families Together, the Providence Children’s Museum’s program for court-separated families. Families Together, founded in 1992, was started in collaboration with the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth, and Families to provide places for therapeutic visitation for Rhode Island children in foster care and their families.
As Governor Chafee noted, “the Families Together program celebrated its 20th anniversary this year, and as I offer my congratulations I look forward to decades more of continued positive collaboration between the state and our partners who are here today.”
