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PCA Program OSCIL’s Personal Care Attendant (PCA) program provides an alternative for persons with disability who are at risk of nursing home placement and in need of personal care attendant services, but are unable to access the traditional RI Medicaid Assistant Program. Eligible participants must be unable to acquire these services through other PCA programs and meet this criteria: they are significantly physically disabled assessed as needing services in order to maintain independence are capable of managing their attendants found to be eligible by all other program guidelines. This program is designed to allow consumers maintain their independence within their home.

FACE of Rhode Island is a State of Rhode Island SGO or Scholarship Granting Organization that allows corporations to take tax contributions that will directly benefit the children of Rhode Island families who otherwise would not be able to afford a Catholic education. An SGO is a state approved not-for-profit that collects and distributes corporate tax credit contributions from businesses. The contributions are then used to help economically challenged families choose a Catholic school education for their child.

Pawtucket Animal Shelter is a municipal animal shelter located in SlaterPar. The shelter provides temporary care and housing for stray and/or abandoned animals found within Pawtucket. Shelter Address: 401 Newport Avenue, Pawtucket, RI, 02861

The Homeless Legal Clinic (HLC) was established in the Spring of 1990 in an effort to address the legal needs of homeless people in Rhode Island. The HLC relies on volunteers to provide legal services to the homeless without charge. The objective of the HLC is to serve in an outreach capacity by seeking out homeless and at risk clients at RI shelters. The HLC can provide direct legal services to those who cannot afford an attorney or may be unable to travel to a legal assistance office, are unaware such services exist or may be apprehensive about visiting a lawyer's office. The services now are being held at Harrington Hall and Crossroads only. The clinics are staffed by Attorney, Phillip Weistein and Attorney Dena Paolino, volunteer law students, and shelter liaisons.

WLNE is a RI based station and an ABC Television affiliate owned and operated by Citadel Communications Ltd.

Sensory and Physical Rehabilitation Center

A federally licensed non-profit organization dedicated to serving the Rhode Island community with blood and blood components. The Center has an active tissue typing laboratory which supports bone marrow transplantation and parentage testing. The Rhode Island Blood Center is a donor center for the National Marrow Donor Program and has an active Pheresis Program.

Montessori Moments In Time Memory Care program places great importance on making every day purposeful and special for residents. Staff works to reduce agitation in residents, and increase socialization and engagement, keeping them safe and active in their secure, yet home-like suites.

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Services: Provides intake/outreach in areas of housing (including fuel assistance, home improvements and placement), emergency services (including domestic violence, fire and vandalism), shut-in, home-bound. Emergency food is available. Community relations involve workshops, urban gardening. Youth program operates during after-school hours, weekends and school vacations (offers counseling on college preparation; placement and career awareness; co-ed basketball for ages 13-18 years). After school program for children, ages 6-12; Girl Power, ages 6-12, (cooking, health, arts and crafts); ESL; job referral services. Income Source: City of Providence

Services: Recreational opportunities for the entire family. Youth services include day camping, swim lessons, youth sports, child care before and after school. Family services include tent, cabin and trailer camping, picnics for families or groups, family use of facilities including beach. 300 acre lake, fishing, boating, sports, swimming. Camp: May 15-Oct. 15. Income Source: Fees; donations; association support; membership.

If you choose to build your family through adoption, the caring professionals at Adoption Options can help you through the process to become a parent. They offer a range of services for adoptive parents, from planning through post-adoption: They complete home studies that are accepted in all states as well as countries that support international adoption. Upon completion of your home study, they will coordinate all necessary connections with other professionals and will assist in navigating that next phase of the adoption journey. This includes continued support, consultations about birth parent matches, communications, and document preparation related to Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC). They provide post-adoption services for families, including post-placement visits, reports, support groups, and referrals They welcome all families.

Sparrows Point III Apartments-a project based Section 8 Development designed for the Elderly (62 years of age and older) and/or person with disabilities under 62 years of age. The community consists of (176 apts.) 157 one bedroom and 19 two bedroom apartments and is smoke free.

Provides quality home care for the elderly and the convalescing, so that they may remain in the comfort of their own home, by providing a safe, comfortable, and familiar living environment, allowing family members to have piece of mind that their love ones are preserving their independence, dignity, and capacity for choice. Experienced, thoroughly screened caregivers - providing peace of mind since 1998. Personal Care Services:

• Personal Hygiene 9bathing, dressing, grooming)
• Assisting with ambulation and exercise, as appropriate
• Assisting with ADL's and IAD's
• Medication reminders
• Shopping for, planning and preparing meals
• Maintaining a healthy, safe environment

Support Services:

• Rapid Response
• Flexible Hourly Care
• Day/Night Live-Out Care
• Weekends/Holidays
• Up to 24 hour live-in help
• Errands/Shopping/Doctor Appointments
• Laundry
• Housekeeping
• Companionship
• Respite/Sitter services
• Reporting to the Director, supervisor or designee any change in client condition
• Documentation in the client record
• Participation in case conferences, staff meetings, and in-service programs as required.

SHIP Counseling

Services: 120 bed, licensed nursing facility for men and women providing extensive nursing care, physical, occupational, speech and recreational therapies, activities, dental services, social services, services for stroke patients and patients with Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's disease, ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) and osteoporosis. Daily chapel services. Income Source: Fees; contributions; endowments; foundation support; third party reimbursement

Nestled in the countryside of northern Rhode Island, Bayberry Commons offers top quality, 24-hour professional health care in a setting that echoes the comforts of home. Whether turning to us for long term care or specialized Alzheimer’s care, our interdisciplinary team of healthcare professionals will help you or your loved one achieve optimal health. Alzheimer Unit or Wing (locked) Respite Wound Vac Methadone Dialysis Psych Services Trach Beds: 110 Smoke-Outside

Skilled care that nurses and care professionals provide and monitor include but are not limited to: Wound management and care; pain management; intravenous fluids and antibiotics; postsurgical care; medication management; laboratory and X-ray services; podiatry, audiology, optometry and dental services; nutritional services, diabetic monitoring and management including patient teaching, discharge services.

Serving Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District since 2001.

They provide clinical and support services for individuals and families with long-term needs associated with mental illness and substance abuse. Their goal is to help people live as independently and as fully integrated within the community as possible

An independent, nonprofit and nonpartisan public policy research and education organization dedicated to the advancement of effective, efficient and equitable government in Rhode Island. Public Finance: RIPEC worked with State leaders to restructure and reduce the personal income tax system, reduce capital gains taxes, enact property tax cap legislation, phase-out the business inventory tax and change the frequency of property revaluation. In addition, RIPEC has played a critical role in reforming state government through landmark pension and health care reform. Education: RIPEC worked with legislative leaders in the adoption of a school funding formula - the first in fifteen years - and developed school accountability initiatives which were translated into landmark education reform legislation (Article 31). RIPEC has also been involved in on-going research on consolidation options on Aquidneck Island and around the State. Human Services: RIPEC partnered with the United Way to develop a comprehensive analysis of the State's social safety net and has been involved in efforts to monitor the State's progress on reforming entitlement programs. Economic Development: RIPEC has worked with business leaders and General Assembly membership to improve Rhode Island's perceived business friendliness, including the passage of historic personal income tax reform legislation.

A private, nonsectarian, not-for-profit behavioral healthcare organization. Incorporated in 1975, They support individuals in their recovery from mental illness and co-occurring disorders (i.e., substance use, developmental disability, related chronic health conditions). FHR is guided by its vision of being a national leader for behavioral healthcare, program innovation, and workforce development. It continually seeks new ways to actualize this vision. FHR continues to develop increasingly progressive models of care, with a focus on recovery, for individuals with serious and persistent mental illness. Their organization is a front-runner in behavioral health care, working with communities to accept and support residential programs, substance abuse programs, and fully-integrative programs, such as Assertive Community Treatment. The cornerstone of such work is the organization’s deep and longstanding commitment to the principles of recovery and the inclusion of peers in the recovery process. Clearly evident in its mission, FHR and its staff believe that all persons living with mental illness can and do recover, and with access to supports and resources can and do lead self-determined, independent, and fulfilling lives as contributing members of the community.

Christian faith-based, long term residential recovery homes for more than 400 adults & adolescents and outreach and drug prevention programs to children and youth in schools and local communities. A 15 month residential program for women with life controlling problems such as drug addiction, alcoholism, prostitution, eating disorders, etc.

It is the mission of the Jamestown Police Department to protect and provide for the safety of the general public, enforce the laws of the State of Rhode Island and the Ordinances of the Town of Jamestown, create a proactive partnership with the residents of the Town of Jamestown that best serve the needs of the community, and to attain a high quality of life for all. The Department seeks to work with the citizens of the Town of Jamestown to solve the problems facing the community.

Dominica Manor is an elderly-only public housing development with 204 units.