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Local administrative units that operate schools or contract for school services in specific geographical areas.

Edward Cooney House is subsidized housing 62+, handicapped or disabled.

Manville Manor is subsidized housing 62+, handicapped or disabled.

RSVP - To ensure frail, home-bound, low-income seniors and adults with disabilities are able to live independently by providing programs that allow them to stay in their homes and age with dignity.

Services provided include Adult Community Support Services, Wellness & Recovery Services and Medicaid Health Home. This includes basic needs assistance to low income households and connecting families to financial literacy and other programs to strengthen their financial condition. Basic assistance services include food assistance, utility assistance, clothing vouchers and housing referral and advocacy.

The Rhode Island Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides near-comprehensive healthcare services to eligible military veterans at VA medical centers and outpatient clinics located throughout RI; several non-healthcare benefits including disability compensation, vocational rehabilitation, education assistance, home loans, and life insurance; and provides burial and memorial benefits to eligible veterans and family members. Resources for Enhancing All Caregivers Health (REAC) VA, Caregiver Health & Well-Being Coaching, Caregivers first, Peer Support Mentoring, VA S.A.V.E Training, Building Better Caregivers, ANNIE Caregiver Text Program, Caregiver Support Line, CSL Caregiver Education Calls, Respite Care, Caregiver Support Groups, Referrals

The Diocese of Providence’s Secretariat for Catholic Charities & Social Ministry develops, implements and supports ministries and services that reach thousands of Rhode Islanders each year. Rooted in the social teaching of the Roman Catholic Church, this secretariat focuses on the dignity of each human being, serving others and dispensing charity while educating and advocating for justice. Through this office, support is provided to more than 140 parishes in the diocese by helping parishioners meet their basic and social service needs. In every service provided, this ministry aims to reflect the compassion of Jesus Christ through sensitivity to the ever-changing ethnic, cultural and economic diversity of communities within the diocese. The Secretariat for Catholic Charities & Social Ministry brings the message of Christ’s love to the people of Rhode Island in tangible ways. These offices provide resources to communities in the areas of family, the sanctity of life, immigration, emergency assistance and so much more. This secretariat seeks to meet the physical and spiritual needs of parishioners and neighbors while always addressing injustice and advocating for legislative change at the local and national levels.

The Gaming and Athletics section is responsible for supervising the enforcement of laws related to licensing and regulation of gaming and athletics activities, including boxing, mixed martial arts, and simulcast wagering. It is also responsible for the collection of racing taxes and fees, as specified by state law. The division promulgates rules and regulations governing pari-mutuel wagering, boxing, and mixed martial arts; handles licensing, finger printing and photo badging of all personnel and licensees; ensures that security is furnished by licensees of pari-mutuel facilities, boxing, and mixed martial arts events; and provides aid and assistance to the public, as requested, including forms and copies of rules and regulations. The section also oversees simulcast-wagering operations at Twin River Casino Hotel and Tiverton Casino Hotel and/or participates in collection of tax revenue, hearings and issues occupational licenses. The section enforces, adjusts, amends, and interprets all rules and regulations governing pari-mutuel wagering sports and all professional boxing and mixed martial arts events in the state.

Palliative Care Services: Alternative therapies; Assistance with making medical decisions and choosing treatment options; Coordination of your care team, including care from any other doctors you see; Counseling, including emotional, psychosocial and spiritual support for you and your family; Medications to control symptoms like pain, nausea and anxiety Physical and occupational therapy

Will provide emergency shelter for the pets of domestic violence victims of the Westerly Area in a crisis situation.

Programs that publish and/or distribute information regarding the position of rival candidates in an election, voter guides that may summarize the pros and cons of specific ballot measures, sample ballots, precinct boundaries, the location and hours of polling places, and other details regarding the content or the mechanics of the election.

THE SCITUATE ANIMAL SHELTER is a municipal facility under the supervision of Scituate Animal Control, a division of the Scituate, Rhode Island Police Department. They take in animals from Scituate and Foster and provide care until we can find good homes for them. They also socialize all cats and dogs who need such work in order to be ready for life in a home and with a family. The shelter staff and the volunteers will go to great lengths to find homes for all animals that we have at the shelter.

A non-profit organization providing guidance and comfort to those within our community and surrounding areas of Rhode Island. We believe in family first and community second. Educational Workshops Family/Single Parent Workshops Educational Activites/Trips Vocational Workshops Therapeutic De-stressor Program Community Referral Program Produce/Clothing Pantry Food Coupon Swap and more

Services: Since 1854, an undergraduate and graduate comprehensive college offering more than 40 liberal arts and pre-professional programs on a full or part-time basis. ** Gerontology Program Coordinator: Rachel Filinson, 456-8732 E-Mail address: [email protected] Services: A 21 hour program open to matriculating or non-matriculating students. **The Poverty Institute (School of Social Work) Kate Brewster, 456-8512 Director of Administration: Dianne Sprague E-mail address: [email protected] Web address: www.povertyinstitute.org Services: To bring about systematic change by providing policy analysis, education and advocacy statewide on issues affecting the well being of all low income Rhode Islanders. ** Student Support Services and PEP Craig Lee Hall, Room 119 Director: Joseph Costa, 456-8237 E-Mail address: [email protected] Program for seniors in RI high schools who are from low income families and have parents who did not graduate from college. Offers counseling, tutoring, financial aid advice, PEP (Preparatory Enrollment Program), six week residency program. ** Upward Bound Program, 456-8081; 456-4725 Fax Director: Mariam Z. Boyajian E-Mail address: [email protected] Services: Eligible students must attend one of the six target high schools in Central Falls, Pawtucket, Providence, East Providence. For students with college potential but who are not working up to capacity and who meet federal poverty guidelines. Academic classes, counseling, field trips, and tutorial assistance to motivate and steer disadvantaged high school students into post secondary education. Stipend for participants, recruiting each November. Six week summer residency program.

Crandall House is run by the Hopkinton Recreation Department, and is a Meals on Wheels lunch site Senior activities take place at the Crandall House located at 188 Main Street in Ashaway. The Crandall House is open daily to seniors for internet access, books and reading room, resource materials and coffee. For more information, please contact us at 401-377-7795. A variety of informative workshops are held throughout the year in partnership with local and state agencies: ask-a-lawyer, in-sight-living with Vision Loss, Action Steps-Injury Prevention and Self Care, Healing Modalities for Wellness Support, Building a Resilient Brain. Special Luncheons: Thanksgiving, Holiday Pot Luck, St. Patrick's Corned beef and Cabbage, Mother's Day Salad Bar. Field Trips: Newport Playhouse, Goodspeed Opera House, Mystic and Stonington Shopping

CODAC East Bay, serving East Providence, Barrington, Warren, Pawtucket and surrounding areas, treats more than 350 patients weekly. Programs include medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder (OUD), intensified treatment programs (IOP), general outpatient treatment (GO) for alcohol and other substance use, behavioral healthcare services, tobacco cessation programs, and services for gambling addiction. CODAC East Bay, along with all other CODAC locations, has been awarded the designation of Center of Excellence (COE) for the treatment of opioid use disorder. As a designated COE, they have met or exceeded the highest standards of care (as determined by RI state agencies), are able to provide expedited access to treatment, and offer at least two of the three FDA approved medications for the treatment of opioid use disorder (methadone, buprenorphine (SuboxoneTM, SubutexTM) and oral and depot naltrexone (VivitrolTM). CODAC sites are currently the only providers in RI authorized to dispense all three of these medications. As a COE, CODAC guarantees that treatment will begin within 48 hours of your first phone call. In addition to individual counseling, CODAC East Bay offers a rich and comprehensive selection of group counseling opportunities, including groups for pre- and post-partum women; early recovery patients; co-occurring patients; DUI referrals; tobacco cessation and problem gambling patients; anger management referrals; and groups for adolescents. Offerings change over time to reflect shifting patient needs and interests.

Provides mentoring, internships, work readiness workshops, career exploration trips and presentations, volunteer opportunities, leadership development, and financial literacy.

Services: Provides counseling, outreach and referral for native Americans; manpower services including job placement, on-the-job training; classroom instruction, employment counseling/assistance; counseling on job search techniques, development of resumes. Assists with school enrollment for 18 years old and over. Project Assistant: Phyllis Johnson Income Source: Federal; State; donations

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.

Pro-life organization offering support to mothers in crisis or unplanned pregnancies. Services offered include Pregnancy tests, Ultrasounds, 24-hour hotline support, Facts on fetal development, Referrals for available social services and prenatal care, Spiritual help, Baby clothing and items and Post-abortion advisory.

Primary Health Care- Your designated health care provider will coordinate all your other health care needs within the VA New England Healthcare System. Mental Health Services- Social workers and mental health providers provide psychosocial evaluations, individual, group and family counseling, substance abuse and counseling. Assistance can be provided to access local community resources. Pharmacy - All prescriptions for medications are transmitted by computer to the Providence VA Medical Center daily and then mailed directly to your home. Refills are obtained either by sending a signed refill slip to the Providence VA Medical Center or using our convenient phone system. The Clinic has also contracted with a local pharmacy to provide for emergency prescriptions.

Saratoga Lofts is a subsidized housing complex featuring 7 townhouse rental units.

The Northern Rhode Island Collaborative (NRIC) is a non-profit educational service center committed to providing special education programs and educational services to partner school districts and community partners throughout northern Rhode Island. Foundations Academy (formerly the Regional Alternative Program): Provides special needs students - diagnosed with behavioral and emotional disorders - with an alternative to traditional schools. Foundations Academy (formerly the Specialized Alternative Program): Students who learn differently and have different abilities need the help and guidance of educators who are specially trained to develop and maximize those abilities. Educators in the Foundations Academy work to identify a student’s skills and their potential for learning new skills. Educators, parents and students then develop a progressive plan tailored to an individual’s educational needs and social well-being.

Cedar Crest Subacute and Rehabilitation programs, a 156 bed medical center, were designed for patients with physical, medical and cognitive impairments who would benefit from patient-centered care and an interdisciplinary team approach. Our goal is to work with patients to achieve their optimum level of functioning. When those treatment goals are met, the patient is ready to move on. Treatment plans can include physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech-language therapy, along with nursing care oriented to the needs of rehabilitation patients. The patients most appropriate for this program are those whose diagnoses are orthopedic conditions, stroke, neurological disorders, or those who have experienced general weakness or de-conditioning following surgery or an illness. Servics Include: -Cardiac Care -Neurological Rehabilitation -Orthopedic Rehabilitation -Oncology Management -Post-Surgical Care -Pulmonary Rehabilitation -Pain assessment & management -Respiratory therapy including Tracheostomy care -Diabetic care & teaching -Wound care management & Wound VAC system teaching -In-house medical consultation available for: -Infectious Disease -Urology -Dermatology -Vascular Surgery -Pulmonology -Psychiatry -Podiatry -In-house peritoneal dialysis & management of outpatient hemodialysis -Colostomy/Ileostomy/Urostomy care -Enteral feeding methods -Gastrostomy tube/Jejunostomy tube maintenance -Nephrostomy tube management Infusion Therapy - TPN, midline, peripheral, central line

Common Sense Parenting (CSP) is a practical, skill-based program that provides easy-to-learn techniques to help with today's parenting challenges. CSP offers training for parents who want to build on their existing skills to learn new ways of dealing with their children's behaviors. CSP classes are two-hour sessions once a week over multiple weeks, based on the age of the child.