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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a non-profit organization established with the objective of insuring the political, educational, social, and economic equality of minority groups.

OverComers is a faith based 13-step recovery program that provides a spiritual plan of recovery.

Behavioral health treatment is offered for a wide variety of concerns including substance abuse treatment, anxiety and depression, relationship and family counseling, and stress and anger management. Youth Prevention Services

Programs within the formal criminal justice system that provide facilities for the detention of people who have been charged with a crime and are awaiting trial, and/or the confinement, treatment, employment, training and discipline of people who have been sentenced to imprisonment after conviction for a criminal offense.

Educational programs for the prevention and control of lung diseases such as tuberculosis, emphysema, asthma, flu and pneumonia and the reduction of cigarette smoking, air pollution and occupational health hazards. Offers quit smoking programs and support; educational and support groups for adults with asthma, emphysema and chronic bronchitis and their families and for children with asthma.

Services: Provides rides to all ages. Will drive to Providence on a limited basis. Transportation- to help you get around the town and the state, whether for appointments, shopping, hospital visits or coming into the Senior Center. Call transportation coordinator Melissa Smith at 401-268-1590. North Kingstown Transportation Services: Within Town only: Please call the Transportation Coordinator at 401-268-1590. To: Beechwood, shopping, and medical in North Kingstown ( pharmacy, office visits, labs). When: Monday through Friday between 10:45am- noon and 1:30-2:30pm. North Kingstown residents, ages 55+, fee no charge.

EBCAP’s Community Programs are designed to help people to reach their full potential. It is their goal to create the bridge to self-reliance. Their programs improve lives through education, skills training, and clinical care when needed. A program like Baby Steps is a great place for parents to learn how their child develops. Their Home Energy Assistance Program helps those who can’t afford to heat their homes. Through the Congregate Nutrition Program, seniors received a healthy warm meal through their local Senior Centers. Head Start Programs teach the importance of a child’s healthy development so they can grow and thrive! The AmeriCorps Foster Grandparent Program offers a way for individuals 55 and older to stay active by serving children and youth in communities while providing a unique service built on the natural bond between generations. Their AmeriCorps East Bay Retired and Senior Volunteer Program places individuals 55 and older volunteering in many programs and nonprofits in the East Bay area. Their Volunteer Income Tax Program (VITA) provides fee tax preparation for income eligible individuals. Education and Career Pathways helps with educational goals, job readiness skills and improved career options. Their food pantries offer twice monthly food distribution. Senior Services provides options and resources to help income eligible seniors remain in the community. Satellite location of EBCAP. Food Pantry Victims of Crime Act- Advocacy for Crime Victims 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.

The SAMHSA Drug-Free Workplace Helpline provides confidential, practical, impartial, and up-to-date information, advice, and support free of charge to employees and their families. Topics cover a wide range of issues related to federal and non-federal Drug-Free Workplace Programs and drug testing. This service is designed to equip employees and their families with essential knowledge to resolve issues at work and/or in their personal lives. The helpline is staffed Monday through Friday by professional advisers, including workplace specialists and certified Employee Assistance Program (EAPs) providers.

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The UCP Rhode Island Children & Family Services program provides services to children with disabilities and their families under Rhode Island�s Home Based Therapeutic Services Program (HBTS). Medicaid eligible children (up to age 21) are provided comprehensive periodic evaluations to supplement the treatment of various medical conditions. Works with families to develop service plans for their children and assists the families to secure HBTS funding. Once a plan is approved, UCPRI provides case management and services, therapies, and training for the child and family. The object is to apply individualized services that permit the child to live at home and take an active part in school and community. UCPRI�s services may help relieve some of the financial strains that make raising a child with disabilities so stressful to both the family and child. Other Children & Family Services:

• CAP (Community Activities Project) provides financial support enabling children with disabilities to participate in community and recreational activities.

Provides information, referral and advocacy to families with children who have special needs. UCPRI will assist families in identifying their needs (home health care, learning, recreation) and work with them to secure funding. Adult Education: UCP Rhode Island�s Adult Education Community Classrooms meet throughout RI. Instruction is individualized, based on the personal learning goals of each student. Most classes meet for 3 hours a week for 12 weeks. Other Services: Adult Literacy Skills Word Processing skills Craft Making Adaptive Painting & Drawing Employment Readiness Making Community Connections GED Preparation Basic Math Skills Money Management Cooking Introduction to: Internet & email Sign language Computer skills Income Source: Fund raising; foundations; grants; bequests; State contracts

VSA arts Rhode Island maintains an ongoing student exhibition at the RI Department of Education's headquarters in downtown Providence to showcase the variety of artwork produced in the Access the Arts residencies and increase exposure for the talents of these student artists. This program expands awareness of the importance of arts in education. VSA arts Rhode Island provides poetry workshops for adults developmental disabilities, conducted by professional poets, at a variety of community sites throughout Rhode Island. A statewide poetry competition is sponsored annually with Blackstone Valley RI ARC. The first place recipient is given the Allen Ginsberg Poetry Prize. Additionally, VSA arts works with Rhode Island poets to participate in the International “One Heart, One World” Exhibition and other national poetry events. VSA arts Rhode Island, in collaboration with community organizations and galleries, presents exhibitions of artwork created by both emerging and established adult RI artists with disabilities, and sponsors artist receptions that engage the general public. These exhibitions provide programmatic services vital to artists’ professional development

Emergency Management develops, organizes, directs and coordinates the town's Emergency Management Program with the goal of saving lives and protecting property by maintaining emergency operational capabilities that mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from any emergency or disaster. Emergency Management is responsible for accomplishing all of the following functions: Emergency Organization, Planning and Management; Direction, Control and Warning; Population Protection; Training and Exercises

Exeter Job Corps Center supports the Job Corps program’s mission to teach eligible young people the skills they need to become employable and independent and place them in meaningful jobs or further education. Provides assistance obtaining a High School Diploma or RI GED. Trades Offered:

• Carpentry
• Culinary Arts
• Manufacturing
• Office Administration
• Security
• Welding

Occupational Health provided through Landmark Medical Center at the Rehabilitation Hospital or RI offers prevention and treatment of injuries to help employees return to work. Services include: Management of the Injured Worker - with special attention to the specific injury as it relates to work environment; Acute Injury and Follow-Up Care. Medical Examinations: Post-Offer (to identify suitable employees for your workplace); Medical Surveillance (for lead, asbestos, etc.); Periodic Medical Examinations; Fitness for Duty Examinations; Second-Opinion Examinations. Physicals: Annual and Exit Physicals; Department of Transportation Physicals; Back-to-Work Physical; Audiometric Testing (OSHA Certified); Pulmonary Function Testing (NIOSH Certified); Immunizations and Phlebotomy Services; Workplace Site Visits; On-Site Screening Programs; NIDA and Urine Drug Screens; Electrocardiograms; Breath Alcohol Testing; Respirator Fit Testing.

The Palliative Care program provides home health services to patients with serious and progressive health conditions who want to continue active treatment, seeking a cure or remission. Patients in this program often have life-threatening conditions such as: Cancer; Cardio-pulmonary disease; Lung or kidney disease; Neurological diseases such as Parkinson or Alzheimer; Other serious progressive diseases. Patients in this program may continue any level of active treatments for their diseases in the comfort of their home. The Visiting Nurse Home & Hospice supports patients and their families in the following ways: Manage complex pain and symptoms; Manage medications; Coordinate care with other health care professionals; Provide support for treatment decisions; Ease stresses and anxiety for patients and families during life-threatening disease.

Career & Technical Center High School Grades 9th-12th Offers Training in the areas of: Auqaculture, Child Developtment, CISCO Cyber Security & Digital Forensics, Computer Aided Design/Drafting, Culinary Arts, Entrepreneurship, Graphic Communications, Interactive Digital Media, Medical Pathways, Pre-Engineering/Robotics, and Residential Repair Remodeling & Construction. Vocational High School Grades 9th-12th

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Evidence Based Clinical Interventions in the home. Can assist with navigating community services available at no out of pocket expense

To prevent disease and to protect and promote the health and safety of the people of Rhode Island by ensuring the state's drinking water supply quality. What we do Monitor public drinking water quality. Enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act. Approve new public water sources and systems. Develop effective water system operations and management practices. Develop policies and systems to optimize water system sustainability. Create public awareness of and participation in support of safe drinking water.

A civic-minded organization that manages the Aspray boat house in Warwick, and operates many community events in and around Pawtucket Village, including the famous Gaspee Days Parade each June.

A co-educational Christian School that serves grade levels: PreK - 8.

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.

Pawtuxet Valley Urgent Care is a medical practice providing prompt treatment of all non-life-threatening acute injuries and illnesses for patients of all ages on a walk-in basis. Providers include Physicians, Physician Assistants and Family Nurse Practitioners. Areas of expertise include: Cuts, sprains, and strains; Minor traumas; Cold and Flu; Headache; School and sports physicals; PPD and Vaccine titer testing; Infections; Vaccines (including Flu, Pneumonia, Hepatitis). On-site x-ray and lab services.

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Eastman House was an independent non-profit treatment agency for adult women before joining the Caritas organization in 1998. Since the merge, Eastman House implemented two continuing care components. Aftercare and The 4th Stage, provide case management, support, education, job training and life skills that enable Eastman House clients to re-enter society in a successful and structured format.