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EBCAP’s Community Programs are designed to help people to reach their full potential. It is their goal to create the bridge to self-reliance. Their programs improve lives through education, skills training, and clinical care when needed. A program like Baby Steps is a great place for parents to learn how their child develops. Their Home Energy Assistance Program helps those who can’t afford to heat their homes. Through the Congregate Nutrition Program, seniors received a healthy warm meal through their local Senior Centers. Head Start Programs teach the importance of a child’s healthy development so they can grow and thrive! The AmeriCorps Foster Grandparent Program offers a way for individuals 55 and older to stay active by serving children and youth in communities while providing a unique service built on the natural bond between generations. Their AmeriCorps East Bay Retired and Senior Volunteer Program places individuals 55 and older volunteering in many programs and nonprofits in the East Bay area. Their Volunteer Income Tax Program (VITA) provides fee tax preparation for income eligible individuals. Education and Career Pathways helps with educational goals, job readiness skills and improved career options. Their food pantries offer twice monthly food distribution. Senior Services provides options and resources to help income eligible seniors remain in the community. Operates from many sites across the East Bay. Food Pantry The program provides nutritious supplemental food at no cost to the participant. We are also able to assist people with special dietary needs.Monthly food distribution is offered to assist food insecure households. Individuals/Families in need of food assistance may come to our pantry once a month. We are also able to assist people with special dietary needs. HEALTH ADVOCACY SERVICES Margo Pires, Social Services Coordinator & Health Advocate (401) 848-6697, x202 Available for families residing in the Sullivan School neighborhood in Newport in collaboration with the Sullivan School Family Center. Family Services Coordinators are in all elementary schools in the City of Newport offering social services case management, literacy activities and other activities to promote positive family/school interactions. Community and Supportive Services Program/Hope VI Initiative East Bay Community Action Program provides case management services to residents of the Newport Housing Authority that reside in the new Newport Heights housing development. This program focuses on economic self-sufficiency. LEAD EDUCATION AND OUTREACH services are provided to tenants and landlords in need of information regarding lead safety and lead abatement, RIHMFC loans for lead abatement. Contact: Luana Cherenzia (401) 847-7821, x204 Eligibility: All Newport County residents for Basic Human Needs Family health & dental services Family development case management services -Social service information and referral and basic human needs Youth programs Housing and Energy Services Healthy Families America (HFA) is a national evidence-based maternal home visiting program that provides free, voluntary, and confidential services. This program pairs expectant mothers or families with newborns to a home visitor who provides home visiting services to the family and their child until the child’s fourth birthday Parents as Teachers (PAT) is a national, evidence-based family visiting program that provides free and voluntary support to families. The program partners with expectant mothers or families with young children up to age 4. In Newport and Middletown, we can work with children up to age 5. PAT is a strength-based model that focuses on the assets of each family. Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Supplemental Feeding and Nutrition Program: Provides evidence-based nutrition advice, tips and breastfeeding information and checks for healthy foods to support good nutrition during pregnancy, infancy and early childhood. -Senior services -Case management -Senior employment -Retired Senior volunteer Program (RSVP) -Foster Grandparents -Ocean State Senior Dining Program (meals in a social setting).

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