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A coalition of agencies and individuals who provide services to or are concerned about homeless individuals and families. Advocates for responsible public policy to prevent and end homelessness. Provides education and technical assistance to members and information to the community at large. Coordinates Homeless Legal Clinic Program and publishes "Street Sheet". Provides tenant education and housing search assistance. They also help with meal sites, youth services, warming + cooling centers.

Public middle school serving grades 6-8 in the Lincoln School System

General Dentistry Cleaning and check up Pulp Treatment Sealants Extractions Orthodontics Interceptive Crowns General anesthesia for children

Speech Therapy Speech therapy is prescribed to help patients who are experiencing difficulty speaking, communicating their thoughts, or swallowing. Our speech pathologists often treat patients with neurodegenerative diseases, memory and movement disorders, traumatic brain injury and stroke limitations. They begin by assessing the patient's speech, hearing, language, and swallowing abilities and then plan, implement, and evaluate a course of therapy.

Nicotine Anonymous is a 12-step program for quitting smoking. Meetings available online and by phone.

Independence House is affordable housing for persons with disabilities; preference given to those with physical disabilities who require the adaptations provided in the apartments.

Offers Adult and Pediatric CPR, First Aid, and AED Training for healthcare professionals and the general public in various locations. The leading authority on resuscitation science, training and research in the US

The Rhode Island Historical Society is a privately endowed membership organization, dedicated to collecting, preserving, and sharing the history of Rhode Island.

Discounts for people who receive SNAP, SSI, qualify for LIHEAP, Medicaid, Rhode Island Public Works program, or General Public Assistance. Arrears Management Program for those behind on their heat and electric bills, forgiveness up to $1,500 per year

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Assists with finding part-time jobs. Based on a 20 hour work week; 16 hours on the site and 4 hours at the Youth Center per week.

Services: Provides outpatient rehabilitation programs to people of all ages with a wide range of functional disabilities caused by accident, illness, or developmental delay. Programs offered are day school program for children ages 3 - 21, with language/learning disorders and brain injury; brain injury day treatment program for adult clients; comprehensive outpatient program and vocational rehabilitation services. Offers evaluation and treatment in audiology, speech/language therapy, special education, occupational/physical therapy, psychological/social services and vocational training. Special features include non-commercial advice on hearing aids, augmentative communication systems, group treatment services, parent workshops, support groups and consult services. Income Source: Fees; Office of Rehabilitation Services (ORS); private health insurance; School Systems

Snow shoveling for elderly only

This is a support group for people dealing with alcoholism. Meetings are held throughout the state to help those in recovery. Recovery follows a 12 step format and sponsors within the program provide support. It's a community of people who share their experience, strength an hope each other to recover from alcoholics.

Hiking, Boy Scout camping, concert series. Call for information.

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.

Hotline advocates are available for victims and anyone calling on their behalf to provide crisis intervention, safety planning, information and referrals to agencies in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. If you or someone you know is frightened about something in your relationship, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline.

The Ocean State Center for Independent Living (OSCIL) works in collaboration with the Gift of Hearing Program at the University of Rhode Island (URI) Speech & Hearing Center to provide low cost hearing aids to those in need.

Burrillville Animal Control Shelter returns stray animals to their owners, places unclaimed animals in homes, enforces local animal control ordinances and state animal care regulations, educates and provides referrals to the public, and assists residents in advertising pets needing new homes via the internet.

Winslow Gardens is a place that truly feels like home. Nestled in a residential area of East Providence, Winslow Gardens is a 10-story apartment community that provides housing and services for older adults of modest means. They are a local nonprofit organization whose operations are guided by a value-driven and compassionate philosophy of treating each resident as a family member. They provide high-quality, personalized care while respecting individual needs and wants, and have been serving Greater East Providence since 1971. Their goal is to provide residents with the opportunity to live comfortably and safely with dignity and respect in a caring community. Each resident has a private apartment varying in size that can accommodate one or two people. Apartments include a kitchenette with stove and refrigerator, individual climate controls, security cameras, cable and phone connections, private bathrooms and amenities such as laundry services, onsite beauty salon, weekly ecumenical religious services, outdoor courtyard garden, fish pond, patio and more.

Services: Extensive values-oriented family, youth and adult programs. Social, aquatic, fitness and physical education activities for all ages. Licensed school age child care, day camping. Special programs for teens, senior adults, the disadvantaged and the handicapped.

Services: To promote and foster increased literacy in southwestern Rhode Island and southeastern Connecticut through free, student-centered, volunteer teaching of basic literacy, English as a second language, and other literacy programs, primarily to adults.

Services: A full-service healthcare network, including a 214-bed, acute-care hospital, 19-bed Transitional Care Unit, and an 18-bed inpatient psychiatric program at the Woonsocket Unit. Hospital services include emergency, diagnostic, medical, surgical, psychiatric, cancer, cardiac and obstetric. The Fogarty Unit in North Smithfield is the location of the Occupational Health Department and MRI unit. Landmark's network of primary care facilities includes adult and geriatric care at the Landmark Adult Primary Care Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine located in Woonsocket;obstetric/gynecological care practices in North Smithfield and Greenville; Comprehensive Psychiatric Care Services in Lincoln; and Physician Centers offering services including family practice, family medicine, and obstetric/gynecological in Cumberland, North Smithfield, and Burrilliville, RI as well as Blackstone, Ma. Landmark also offers specialized cardiac rehabilitation services through the Heart Center in Woonsocket. Landmark Medical Center also owns the 82-bed Rehabilitation Hospital of Rhode Island in North Smithfield. Additional Locations: ** Emergency Department, 769-4100 Ext. 2180 115 Cass Avenue, Woonsocket 02895 A complete range of emergency treatment, 24/7 ** Psychiatric Program 769-4100 Ext. 2565 115 Cass Avenue, Woonsocket 02895 Services: 18 bed inpatient, psychiatric program consisting of a general psychiatric unit, intensive treatment unit, and geriatric psychiatric unit. Income Source: Patient fees; third party reimbursement; charitable gifts.

Quaker Estates is subsidized housing for seniors 62+, handicapped or disabled.

Higher Ground International is a forward thinking and culturally grounded inter-generational social service NGO that advocates and provides programs for West African Immigrants, Refugees and Marginalized Communities in Rhode Island and Rural Villages in Liberia, West Africa. Located on the South side of Providence, Rhode Island, HGI's vibrant and welcoming RUKIYA CENTER provides members of the West African Immigrants and Refugees community with elder services (Sweetie Care, African Elders Enrichment Program), Soft skills pre-employment and workforce development, literacy classes for women, basic computer and design classes, therapeutic arts, cultural enrichment, advocacy, case management, immigration & citizenship classesand other wraparound services for youth and families. HGI’s for-profit arm, Broken Pieces International, engages adults, at-risk youth and other under-served populations in the design and manufacture of clothing and accessories that reflect the character and community of both HGI and the West African diaspora. This provides them with vital job training and economic opportunities, and the revenue generated supports HGI’s work in Liberia. This innovative model fosters important connections to the culture and history of the mother country for Liberians living abroad, and reinforces HGI’s mission to uplift communities through empowerment and self-sustainability. Sweetie Care African Elders Enrichment Program, Social Services, Cultural Services-Food is distributed on the THIRD (3rd) Thursdays of each month, except for December where the focus is fully on our elders for the holidays. The month of November is dedicated to HGI's annual Traditional & Ethnic Thanksgiving Food Distribution which is extended to 500 people/families. Participants MUST preregister to be included in the food distribution list that consists of 300 families per month. Participants must visit Higher Ground International Rukiya Center to inquire about signing up. There are no food distributions for the month of December. Transformational Services HGI offers a variety of cultural services, including culturally- centered community events, music, dance, stories. Culturally Appropriate non-perishable and staple food items, in partnership with Meals on Wheels Rhode Island, a weekly cultural food cafe. HGI's Women's Workforce Program provides workforce readiness education and training to female refugees and immigrants and prepares them for careers in: Manufacturing, Textiles, Social Enterprises. HGI's Education Program provides on site and community based opportunities to learn and grow professionally and personally. Opportunities include: Learning how to read and write in English ESL classes Financial Literacy