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Steere House is an independent non-profit organization, serving adults who require skilled, restorative and long-term care services within a secure and caring environment. Steere House also provides educational and research experiences that enhance the care of those we serve. Services: 120 bed nursing and rehabilitation facility Alzheimer Unit or Wing (locked) Respite Trach Methadone Psych Services Dialysis Wound Vac Bus Line Smoke-Outside

RIALA is a trade association representing the assisted living industry in Rhode Island. Membership categories are Provider, Industry Partner, and Associate. The Provider Members' residences vary from small to large, are for-profit and not-for-profit, and house people with a wide range of age, needs, and preferences. The Provider Members are showcased with detailed information on the page titled Find a Residence.

Services: A fine federal mansion furnished with period furniture and magnificent paneling, built in 1773 by James Mitchell Varnum, one of George Washington's generals. Colonial garden.

Skills for Rhode Island’s Future (Skills RI) provide tangible jobs to those in need. They work to match businesses that have current, unmet hiring needs with qualified, unemployed and underemployed job seekers. They provide training and workforce development, working with over 80 different employers.

Services: The department is comprised of six divisions designed to inform, entertain and enrich the lives of those who participate : ** Adult Day Services--Professionally designed programs to meet the needs of frail individuals with physical and/or cognitive impairments. Professional staff consists of registered nurses, a case manager, physical therapy assistant and certified nursing assistants. Therapeutic programs include music, art, physical, occupational, speech, aroma, pet therapy. Recreational activities include crafts, painting, exercise, gardening, Tai Chi and Yoga for elders. Intergenerational programs with local schools provide enrichment opportunities for both young and old alike. Support and Referral Services for each participant and their families, coordination with physicians and other service providers. Cost is based on a sliding fee scale. Licensed by the RI Department of Elderly Affairs. **Nutrition--Provides hot, nutritious, homemade lunches served at 11:45am, Monday through Friday. Snack bar with freshly baked goods, soups and much more. Night Life--Dinners, Thursday at 5pm in the Spring and Fall. **Programs--Offers activities that enable seniors to expand their horizons, enrich their lives and pursue a variety of interests. Our programs promote wellness, health maintenance, personal dignity and self worth. Individual needs, interests, skills and abilities are addressed through a variety of stimulating educational, social and health activities to improve the quality of life. **Retired Senior Volunteer Program--Allows anyone 55+ years of age the opportunity to help make the community a better place to live by sharing themselves with others. Participants gain personal satisfaction by serving at a public or non-profit agency. They also have fun by participating in interesting and rewarding experiences. Seniors serve from one to 40 hours a week; RSVP provides guidance and support, transportation, meals and insurance for all volunteers. Social Services--A caring staff of professional case managers and a Community Elder Information Specialist is available to provide support and counseling to seniors and their families, provide access to a network of service providers throughout the city and state, assist with the many available services, offer comfort and compassion, visit homebound seniors to assess and case manage, coordinate Support Groups such as Widow/Widower; Arthritis; Reminiscence. Our staff is available to speak to your community organization on a wide variety of issues. ** Transvan, (401) 943-3341--You don't have to be dependent on your family. Transvan, our daily transportation system for 60+ and/or disabled Cranston residents is available to provide transportation anywhere in Cranston, Monday through Friday. Provides shuttles to nearby malls and local markets. Provides transportation to doctors, nursing homes and hospitals in Providence, North Providence, Johnston and Warwick by appointment.

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.

Facilities which house a collection of materials including books, manuscripts, journals, government documents and nonprint formats such as paintings, musical recordings, videotapes, films and data files on magnetic tape which are organized to provide physical, bibliographic and intellectual access to a targeted group of people and which generally make available staff to provide services and programs related to the information needs of the targeted group.

The mission at Overbrook Academy is to promote the integral development of the students by providing a dynamic, personalized and structured program of spiritual, human, intellectual and apostolic formation. By doing this, they strive to offer students the knowledge and life skills necessary to become Catholic women leaders who are authentic, motivated and compassionate.

NA is a nonprofit fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem. NA offers meetings which allow recovering addicts meet regularly to help each other stay "clean". The only requirement for membership is the desire to stop using drugs. Open and closed weekly meetings, groups for a specific population (i.e. Gay or Hispanic) and non-smoking meetings.

Home based child care center. Capacity: 6

Services: Six month program and transitional housing for men, 18 and older, in early recovery from substance abuse. Must be able to work. Referral services, crisis intervention. Income Source: Private; state; federal; and municipal

**Holiday programs for clients ONLY. ** Seven adolescent programs, ages 10 to 18, that provide continually less restrictive services, both residential and outreach, within the same philosophical framework. Clients are offered the option of residential treatment, pre-independent living, group home, foster home and/or outreach worker. Source of income: DCYF funding

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.

They offer a range of training programs to help people get back on the employment track. In addition to skills-building, we provide support to prepare job seekers for the work world, job placement assistance and education supports.

Home Based child care center Capacity: 7

• Comprehensive pain control techniques • Sedation and hospital based dentistry • Digital x-rays • Frenectomy Laser Surgery • Gluten-free dental cleaning materials • Orthodontic evaluations •After-hours emergency care for our patients • BPA-free sealants

Housing First provides rapid access to permanent housing and voluntary access to a variety of services. Unlike traditional programs, sobriety or participation in treatment is not a condition of receiving housing. Residents must only comply with the tenets of a standard lease. Once housed, the housing itself becomes an ongoing incentive to change.

Thundermist offers a sliding scale discount program for those with or without insurance who's income is at or below 200% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL)

Alcohol and other drug use Depression and anxiety Grief and loss Marital problems Parent-child conflict Trauma Separation, divorce, remarriage Sexual abuse Stress Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorders Disruptive behavior Compulsive gambling, eating or shopping

CODAC offers psychiatric and mental health services at all of their locations. After an initial intake screening you may be referred to an on-site psychiatric practitioner for further evaluation and treatment. Individualized treatment and recovery plans might include medication management supervised by the psychiatric practitioner and ongoing co-occurring counseling with clinical staff. CODAC’s newest site at Eleanor Slater Hospital offers a program for patients with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) that has the ability to utilize alternative therapies in managing chronic pain. For many patients participating in this program, mental health services can be an important part of the treatment and recovery process. It is not unusual to have both mental health disorders and a substance use disorder. Because the two conditions are so closely linked, CODAC has responded to offer you effective treatment and recovery programs to address both disorders concurrently.

** Volunteers must be a part of MRC before they are eligible for the DMAT team.** RI Responds is a complementary volunteer network working through the Statewide Emergency Registry of Volunteers (SERV - RI), the RI Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) and RI Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) to offer a range of health professional volunteer opportunities for Rhode Islanders. This collaboration greatly enhances the effectiveness of deployment and response coordinated through the state's incident command system. There are three different programs within RI Responds. See right hand for each team.

Amicable Church supports community arts programs by hosting concerts and other arts events. The Greater Tiverton Community Chorus holds weekly rehearsals at Amicable during their performance season.

The Fogarty Center provides a variety of Employment & Day Supports to many of the people from its residential and other community settings. The Fogarty Center offers individual Person-Centered services for job seekers with intellectual/developmental disabilities by offering a comprehensive progression of employment-related services. These services include; Discovery, Career Exploration, Job Trial/Assessment, Placement, Job Coaching and Monitoring. The Fogarty Center also supports adults by planning meaningful activities throughout the day, based on personal preference, within a variety of settings including day programs as well as locations within the community. Day services are provided on an individual 1:1 basis and/or group settings.

Child Outreach is a free service offered to all children 3 to 5 years old. Child Outreach provides information about your child’s development and resources that are available within your community. It can also help identify children who may need further assessment, intervention and/ or services at an early age to promote positive outcomes in kindergarten and beyond.