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The Medical Assistant certificate program prepares students for a career as a medical assistant. Skills sets gained are medical assisting, clinical skills, clerical and administrative procedures including reception and scheduling, medical terminology, electronic charting, clinical testing, basic pharmacology, HIPAA training, and CPR certification.

Events and Field Trips- The DaVinci Center offers senior field trips with enriching experiences focused on personal growth. They are an excellent opportunity for seniors to have fun, explore the state, and make new friends. Each trip typically includes visits to local attractions and dining at a restaurant, ensuring a well-rounded and enjoyable outing. Transportation is free; any additional fees are the participant's responsibility. The DaVinci Center offers an engaging Senior Field Trip Program designed to enrich the lives of older adults in our community. Each trip is carefully planned to ensure a blend of educational experiences and social interactions, fostering a sense of camaraderie and personal growth. With free transportation provided, seniors can participate in these enriching activities worry-free, making the DaVinci Center an ideal destination for fulfilling and enjoyable senior outings. Trips occur twice months: enjoy hassle-free transportation, expertly planned itineraries, and the chance to forge new friendships along the way. Don't miss out on this opportunity to embrace adventure, learning, and camaraderie- join us for an unforgettable journey every month!, personalized senior field trip experiences- We ensure tailored support and targeted interventions by conducting thorough, personalized attention and thoughtful planning through comprehensive assessments that cover various aspects, including educational, social, emotional, and practical needs. We also evaluate across multiple dimensions: academic, social, emotional, and vocational.

Developer of affordable housing. Lending Programs for the purchase, repair and/or refinancing of an existing home providing HUD approves foreclosure prevention counseling. Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Supplemental Feeding and Nutrition Program provides food vouchers, allowing them to purchase milk, eggs, cheese, juice and iron fortified cereals and formula. The WIC coordinator provides nutrition education and counseling to all program participants on a monthly basis.

Media Relations: (401) 456-2421 Services: A 220 bed teaching hospital, offering treatment of acute medical and surgical patients; ambulatory; subacute and emergency services; bone marrow transplant unit and other advanced cancer care; an extended care facility; a statewide home care service; inpatient and outpatient substance abuse treatment at three locations and primary senior health care at two community senior centers. ** Addiction Medicine 456-2363 / 800-252-6466 / 456-6744 Fax Medical Director: Susan Kimper Hours: 7:30 am - 4:30pm, Mon - Fri Comprehensive alcohol and drug abuse treatment specializing in medical/psychiatric patients. Inpatient detox and rehab, partial hospitalization, day treatment, and multiple levels of outpatient assessments. Outpatient therapy for substance abuse and psychiatric patients including individual, family, group counseling and dual diagnosis services. **Roger Williams Mobile Care Director: Kathleen Brackett 456-2119 Support Groups: Take Time for Cancer Patients Us Too for Prostate Cancer patients Open door for women with Breast Cancer BMT Group for people with Bone Marrow Transplants Chronic Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Support Groups Income Source: Fees; grants from foundations; fund raising.

Mount St. Rita is a vibrant health care facility with a rich history of providing post-hospital rehabilitation and successfully returning individuals to independence. Whether you are recovering from a fracture, joint replacement, stroke, bypass surgery, pulmonary disease, or any illness with a qualified Medicare hospital stay, the rehabilitation team focuses on getting you home. Mount St. Rita Health Centre is licensed by Medicare and Medicaid to provide post-hospital rehabilitation and long-term care. It is a health care facility that includes Mercy Rehabilitation. Services: Fully licensed skilled, 98-bed nursing facility. Trach Wound Vac Psych Services Respite

Pocasset Elementary School PTO is a nonprofit parent/teacher organization whose membership includes all parents, legal guardians and staff at Pocasset Elementary School. The PTO's mission is to promote open communication and understanding between parents and staff of the Pocasset Elementary School. Pocasset efforts serve to enhance and maximize the education of every child while aiding them in achieving their highest potential. The PTO sponsors assistance to teachers in classroom setting, holds fund-raisers for supplemental educational materials and experiences, supports school and family social interaction, and provides a non-biased forum for sharing information on issues that impact our children. The team effort of a parent teacher organization offers a great learning environment for the children.

LeadSafe Homes Program was developed to help eliminate the dangers of lead in the property. Funds are available to properties built before 1978, properties with pregnant women and children under the age of six, and home-based daycares or foster homes that may contain lead paint. There are no out of pocket expenses or monthly payments. Funds are grants/loans and loans are forgiven after 5 years for owner-occupied properties and 10 years for rental properties. Improvements may include new windows and doors, interior and exterior painting and lead safe yards and play areas.

Rhode Island Relay Service is a statewide service that connects standard (voice) telephone users with deaf, hard-of-hearing, deaf-blind, speech-disabled, or late-deafened people who use text telephones (TTYs) or voice carry-over (VCO) phones. This service allows TTY or VCO users to communicate with standard telephone users through specially trained relay operators. Calls can be made to anywhere in the world, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year with no restrictions on the number, length, or type of calls. All calls are strictly confidential and no records of any conversations are maintained. Anyone wishing to use Rhode Island Relay simply dials the relay number to connect with a relay operator. The relay operator will dial the requested number and relay the conversation between the two callers.

Newport Emergency Management Agency implements policies related to hazard mitigation and emergency management programs and activities. The EMA also has general supervision of all civil preparedness duties.

Hospital charity care requirements cover those essential services necessary to diagnose, correct, or cure a medical condition that endangers life, causes pain and suffering, results in illness or infirmity, or causes a physical deformity or malfunction. Both inpatient and outpatient services are included. To receive full charity care, patients annual family income must be up to and including 200% of the Federal Poverty Level. For partial charity care, patients annual family income must be between 200% and 300% of the Federal Poverty Level may receive assistance based on a sliding scale. In addition to income, hospitals have the option to consider other assets. Also must be denied from Medicaid first depending on income. Patients who get accepted will receive financial aid for a year. **For patients who feel that an application or appeal was wrongfully denied should call the RI Dept of Health info line 222-5960. Website: www.health.ri.gov/hospitals/about/charitycare Income Source: Patient fees; third party reimbursements; grants; gifts.

Charged with enforcing the Property Maintenance Code. Inspectors respond to complaints by tenants, emergency responders, neighbors, and elected officials, and perform routine inspections. The Code Enforcement Division enforces the Property Maintenance Code of the State of Rhode Island. The intent of this code is to ensure that all residential premises in the city of Providence meet a minimum level of health and safety. The minimum code requirements apply to the following list of areas and are the responsibility of the owners, operators and/or occupants of existing residential and nonresidential structures in the City of Providence. Structures, Equipment and facilities for light, Ventilation, Space, Heating, Sanitation, Protection from the elements, Life safety, Safety from fire and other hazards, Safety and sanitary maintenance Home Repair Program: Emergency repairs, building/health code violation repairs, and/or other repairs to improve the safety and accessibility to the home

LINKS recruits, trains, places, and supports parent, community and business volunteers to enhance the educational experience of students in North Kingstown Public Schools. LINKS maintains a database of all volunteers serving in the North Kingstown school district including background check information.

Common Cause is a nonpartisan, grassroots organization dedicated to upholding the core values of American democracy. It works to create open, honest, and accountable government that serves the public interest; promote equal rights, opportunity, and representation for all; and empower all people to make their voices heard in the political process.

Public Works Department

Suicide Survivors Hope Group

Catherine T. Murray Memorial Scholarship The Catherine T. Murray Memorial Scholarship supports the philosophy and spirit of OSCIL by facilitating access to education for persons having disability. PLEASE NOTE, ONLY RHODE ISLAND RESIDENTS ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THIS SCHOLARSHIP. The Catherine T. Murray Memorial Scholarship was established in 1995 by Catherine Murray, a long-time educator and also a board member and valued volunteer at the Ocean State Center for Independent Living. It was her wish to support the philosophy and spirit of OSCIL through a scholarship that gives people with disability access to higher education. Grants of $1000+ are awarded to help students with a disability to continue their education past high school. Scholarship funds can be used for educational expenses such as tuition or the purchase of textbooks. They may also be used to obtain assistive/adaptive equipment or devices that aid the student in meeting their educational goals. To qualify for this scholarship applicants must: -have a significant disability -be a Rhode Island resident (Your home address MUST be in RI) -plan to attend a college, technical school, or a trade/vocational program in the upcoming academic year Preference is based on career goals, merit, and economic need.

Children’s Friend is the innovative leader in improving the well-being and healthy development of Rhode Island’s most vulnerable young children. Our Strategic Priority: Too many of the youngest and most vulnerable children in Rhode Island are experiencing devastating outcomes, including death, as a result of abuse and neglect. As stewards of the resources entrusted to us, Children’s Friend is realigning itself to proactively respond to this crisis. Programs: Adoption Adoption Support & Preservation Birth Parent Counseling Child & Adult Care Food Program Child Care Clinical Services Early Head Start Early Intervention Family Care Community Partnership Fatherhood Initiatives First Connections Foster Care Fostering Families Head Start Head Start/Early Head Start Child Care Partnership Healthy Families America Nurse Family Partnership Pre-K Professional Development Project Connect Project Family Summer Learning & Enrichment Program WIC

Alan Shawn Feinstein Middle School is a place where students, staff, and community foster a growth mindset through collaboration and partnership to create opportunities to maximize learning and personal growth of all students.

School of Arts

Provide support and training to deaf individuals with diverse disabilities. The philosophy of our program is to provide social, habilitation and employment services to deaf people with diverse disabilities and others with unique communication needs in an independence and empowerment-based model that facilitates living, learning and working successfully as integrated members of the community. Services are concentrated in four areas: Day Program, Residential Program, Employment Services (training, internship, job coaching, paid employment) and Community Outreach/Involvement, which includes attending cultural and civic events, volunteering with neighborhood clean-up and enhancement projects, and working with staff at Fairs and Conventions to promote Corliss services and activities to parents, schools, businesses and public agencies.

25 emergency beds: 19 for men, 6 for women; 16 transitional beds: 12 for men, four for women. Limited handicapped accessibility (main entrance is not handicap accessible) IMPORTANT POLICIES: Sign-in starting at 4:30PM, curfew 8:00PM, lights out at 10:00PM, wake up at 6:00AM; Duration of stay: night to night. Guests may stay as long as there is adherence to service plan and rules and regulations. Rent/fee not required for shelter apart from transitional housing (30% of income before taxes); Medications locked and must be reported; Guests are responsible for taking medications properly Outdoor designated smoking areas available; Drugs and alcohol not allowed on premises; Must follow service plan; Violent, threatening behavior may result in long-term ban from shelter; Morning chore required of guests. MEALS: Guests are referred to local soup kitchen, meals provided on-site when soup kitchen is unavailable. Services: Social workers and case management; Mental health/Substance abuse, medical referrals; Housing application and employment assistance; Vocational/Education referrals.

Services: An internationally accredited four year institution founded in 1863, recognized for its excellent teaching faculty and its strong educational programs. The University awards the degrees of Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Information Technology and International Business and Bachelor of Arts in Applied Psychology, Communications and Liberal Arts. Graduate degrees include Master of Business Administration, Master of Science in Information Systems and Master of Science in Taxation.

OSCIL assist people with disabilities in locating available services and products such as affordable, accessible housing, transportation options, adaptive equipment, support services, and more. OSCIL’s Information and Referral program provides consumers and their families, service providers, and the general public with information on a wide array of community resources and disability services. Information can be obtained via phone, e-mail, fax or in person. OSCIL’s Signs of Independence quarterly newsletter provides information on disability issues to consumers and service providers. As a designated agency for “The Point”, OSCIL Information and Referral Coordinators provide up-to-date information on a vast array of agency and community services. The purpose of this is to bring solutions to the problems faced by individuals with disabilities.

Our Adult Basic Education program prepare students to pass the GED (and other high school equivalency programs) and proceed to college-level work and persist in their post-secondary education goals. Students receive developmental education courses in reading and math, as well as courses in writing and computer literacy, in order to first earn a high school equivalency diploma and then be prepared to enter college, a trade school, or a certificate program. The program also includes extensive academic and support services for students to help them reach their educational goals.

The Manville Fire District provides fire safety and fire prevention services to residents of the village of Manville, located in Lincoln, RI.