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KIDSNET To ensure that all children in Rhode Island are as healthy as possible by getting the right health screenings and preventive care at the right time. Provide a secure database for critical information about children's health. Facilitate the collection and appropriate sharing of health data with for the provision of timely and appropriate preventive health services and follow-up. Protect the confidential data about children in the system

Dedicated to providing the public with environmentally sound programs and facilities to manage solid waste. Eco-Depot is a free service for properly disposing of household hazardous waste from RI households. Household hazardous waste is anything labeled with a skull and crossbones, or words like 'toxic', 'poison', 'flammable', 'combustible', etc. Examples include mercury devices, automotive fluids, fertilizers, pesticides, pool chemicals, and polishes.

Licensed JCAHO accredited, comprehensive inpatient co-occuring treatment program offering education, outreach, crisis intervention, assessment, individual, family and group counseling. Residential co-occuring treatment program. Psychiatric evaluation of uninsured is available.

Katie Beckett is an eligibility category in Medicaid that allows certain children under age 19 who have long-term disabilities or complex medical needs to become eligible for Medicaid coverage. Katie Beckett eligibility enables children to be cared for at home instead of an institution. With Katie Beckett, only the child's income and resources are used to determine eligibility

Services; Lends books, newspapers, periodicals, large print books, video and audio cassettes. Provides shut-in delivery service. Maintains local history documents and photographic collections, auditorium, art gallery. Maintains Wilcox Park, a 15 acre historical park, botanical gardens and landscaping. Accessible to the handicapped. Other Names: Westerly Public Library Income Source: Endowment, local, RI Dept. of State Library Services

The Commission's purpose is to ensure that all people with disabilities are afforded the opportunity to exercise all the rights and responsibilities accorded to citizens of Rhode Island and that each person with a disability is able to reach his/her maximum potential for independence, human development, productivity and self-sufficiency.

Hunt House Museum is located off Route 114A near the Rhode Island and Massachusetts border on the banks of the Ten Mile river, this house/museum is a repository for articles of significance to the city.

Gateway Healthcare is Rhode Island’s largest nonprofit behavioral health organization providing treatment, intervention and prevention services to individuals in our community. Our mission is: Delivering health with care. It is reflected throughout the organization and drives every element of our day-to-day work. Gateway Healthcare's crisis/emergency services department delivers 24-hour emergency services, assessment and crisis intervention. We are now linked to the Kristen Brooks Hope Center's National Hopeline Network and the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. For help, please contact any of the following: Pawtucket Emergency Department, 401-723-1915 Johnston Emergency Department,401-553-1031 Charlestown Emergency Department,401-364-7705

FirstWorks is a Founding Partner for PVDFest, partnering with the City of Providence to produce an international arts celebration held each June that draws tens of thousands of visitors to Providence to experience music, art and spectacular performances.

Royal Westerly Nursing and Rehabilitation is a 66-bed facility offering: Fast-track Admissions Program for returning residents Expert short-term rehabilitation (PT, OT, speech, post-acute, post-surgical) Sub-acute care for a wide range of complex medical conditions, including cardiac, pulmonary, and neurological diagnoses Stroke Recovery; Community Reintegration; Complex Medical Care; IV Antibiotics and Re-hydration; Wound Care and Management; Activity Enrichment 24-hour skilled nursing care for our respite, palliative and long-term residents Hospice and Palliative care services from Hope Hospice, focusing on compassionate, dignified care for end stage patients Physical, occupational, and speech and hearing therapy programs tailored to meet the specific needs of each resident Nutritionally balanced meals and counseling with our Royal Innovation: Nutrition program, administered by nutrition expert A wide variety of scheduled activity programs held on each unit or enjoyed outside when seasonally appropriate.

Medicare is managed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Social Security works with CMS by enrolling people in Medicare. Medicare is the country’s health insurance program for people age 65 or older. Certain people younger than age 65 can qualify for Medicare, too, including those with disabilities and those who have permanent kidney failure.

Through such a partnership with the Rhode Island Foundation, Tri-County is able to assist clients in housing crisis and in emergency need of rent or mortgage assistance. The Rhode Island Foundation’s Basic Human Needs grants support community agencies, such as Tri-County, to provide emergency basic human needs to clients, including housing and rental assistance. Our team of Emergency Services staff are available to answer questions, and connect you with resources to ensure your basic needs are provided, when you need them

Assisted Living Beds: 70

Federal program that provides a box of nutritious shelf stable foods to seniors’ age 60+ who have an income at or lower than 130FPL.

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

Provides income for individuals and their families as partial replacement of earnings lost because of old age retirement, disability or death. Benefits and benefit amounts are dependent on contributions and past earnings of covered workers and their employers. Administers SSI program for persons 65 and over; 65 and under if blind or disabled.

netWORKri is Rhode Island's One-Stop Career Center System, a partnership of professional labor, training, and education organizations. The netWORKri centers are conveniently located throughout the state where jobseekers and employers are matched through quality employment programs and services. Whether someone is a jobseeker looking for just the right job or an employer looking for qualified employees, resources are available at no cost. For callers with internet access: Go to www.EmployRI.org. The site offers not only up-to-date and easily searchable job listings, but also tools for resume writing, skills assessment and labor market research.

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.

The Adult Skills Training Program is a grant-funded program that enables qualified participants to receive skill training, remedial education and job-seeking skills for a nominal fee. Offers a Certified Nursing Assistant

Applicant has 60 days after receiving the notice of the decision to ask for any type of appeals. There are four levels of appeal: Reconsideration, hearing by an administrative law judge, Review by the Appeals Council and Federal Court review.

WJAR is a RI based station and a NBC Television affiliate owned and operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group. Community Involvement The owner and Sinclair Broadcast Group, LLC. continue to broaden its recruiting outreach by effectively establishing communication with recruiting resources in the broadcasting community, professional organizations, community based organizations and outreach through our corporate and local station job opportunities websites. Examples of the efforts made by stations in this employment unit include an ongoing internship program with regional colleges and high schools. Our department managers attend job fairs at local and regional colleges in an effort to recruit candidates with an interest in a broadcast related field. We have also had numerous local schools come to our station for tours, and our news staff has gone directly to schools to speak to them about careers in Broadcasting.

THANKSGIVING 2019

To volunteer as a mentor you must be: At least 19 years old, Open minded and non-judgmental, Open to diversity, Willing to commit to a minimum of one year to the program (or three semesters if college student), Able to spend three or four hours each week or every other week with a child, Able to establish and maintain a one-to-one relationship with a child, Able to access an insured car or willing to take public transportation. Programs Include: Traditional Program - The Traditional Mentoring Program matches at-risk girls and boys between the ages of 7 and 15, in long-term, one-to-one relationships with adult female and male volunteer mentors. �Big Mentor League� Program - This is a special program provided by Big Sisters of Rhode Island, in partnership with the Urban League of Rhode Island and Rhode Island Mentoring Partnership working with girls & boys who have a parent currently incarcerated. The girls/boys range in age from 4 to 18 years old and are from all over Rhode Island. Hermana(o) a Hermana(o) - BBBSOS matches Latina girls/Latino boys with mentors. The girls/boys are considered to be at-risk for academic failure or delinquency or lacking a strong role model. School-Based Mentoring - This program provides mentorship to both girls and boys after class at their school. This program provides a structured environment to assist in academic success. Donation Center - The BSRI Donation Center provides a sustained source of revenue for the vital social service activities of the agency by collecting donations of gently used clothing, household items, small appliances, books and toys (also accepts TV's, computers, and other large electronics for a $10 processing fee) through a combination of scheduled home pick-ups, on-site clothing drop-offs, and targeted community clothing drives.

Services include individual representation to protect rights or secure benefits and services, self-help information, education on priority legal issues, and systems change advocacy. RIDLC administers eight federally funded advocacy programs: Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities (PADD) Program Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) Program Protection and Advocacy for Individuals Rights (PAIR) Program Client Assistance Program (CAP) Protection and Advocacy for Assistive Technology (PAAT) Program Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security (PABSS) Program Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Traumic Brain Injury (PATBI) Program Protection and Advocacy for Voting Accessory (PAVA) Program