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Heatherwood Rehabilitation & Health Care Center offers short-term rehabilitation, long-term, respite, hospice and dementia care.

Programs are based on the residency of a professional string musician whose members teach, perform and mentor youth. Programs are available during the school year and one week in July during the Summer.

VINE is an automated service that lets you track the custody status of offenders in the Rhode Island Department of Corrections. By call the toll-free number or visiting www.vinelink.com, you can find out the custody status of an offender. You can also register to be notified by phone, email, letter, or TTY if the custody status of an offender changes.

Disability Determination Services (DDS) is a unit within the Office of Rehabilitation Services. DDS is the state agency which determines the medical eligibility of Rhode Island residents (children and adults) who have applied for cash benefits under the disability programs administered by the Social Security Administration (SSA). The two SSA disability programs are Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) (Title II) and Supplementary Security Income (SSI) (Title XVI). The DDS is responsible for collecting medical evidence of record and determining whether the claimant is disabled and/or blind as defined by the Social Security Act. Medical, psychological, and audiological examinations and tests are used to better understand the disability and needs for specific types of services.

Services: Provides immediate emergency relief assistance to families suffering losses caused by disasters. Other services include counseling, financial assistance and world wide communication programs for military families and veterans. In addition to emergency response, the American Red Cross also provides educational programs designed to help people prepare for and prevent emergencies with Health and Safety programs in first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillation (A.E.D.); water safety swimming training; health training for special health projects such as AIDS education. Volunteer community services include the training and placement of volunteers in all service area mentioned above.

Tri-County Community Action Agency offers assistance with all aspects of essential needs and daily living, including food assistance. We welcome individuals to visit our food pantries once per month, and offer distribution of canned goods, pasta, grain, juice, peanut butter, rice and flour and other foods as contributed through the State of Rhode Island and purchased through the Rhode Island Food Bank. For more information about the Food Assistance Program, contact us at 401-351-2750 x. 1913.

GENERAL TOPICS: General Dentistry What is a Pediatric Dentist? Why are the Primary Teeth so Important? Eruption of Your Child's Teeth DENTAL EMERGENCIES Dental Radiographs (X-rays) What's the Best Toothpaste for my Child? Does Your Child Grind His Teeth at Night? (Bruxism) Thumb Sucking What is Pulp Therapy? What is the Best Time for Orthodontic Treatment? Adult Teeth Coming in Behind Baby Teeth EARLY INFANT ORAL CARE: Perinatal & Infant Oral Health When Will My Baby Start Getting Teeth? Baby Bottle Tooth Decay (Early Childhood Caries) Sippy Cups PREVENTION: Care of Your Child's Teeth Good Diet = Healthy Teeth How Do I Prevent Cavities? Seal Out Decay Fluoride Mouth Guards Xylitol - Reducing Cavities Beware of Sports Drinks ADOLESCENT DENTISTRY: Tongue Piercing - Is it Really Cool? Tobacco - Bad News in Any Form

*** Strictly for quarantine mothers and families in need of diapers and wipes. This is offered by the RIDOH for the QIRC. Delivery available to families who absolutely need it.

When schools are closed, the soup kitchen is closed.

The Ocean State Center for Independent Living works to improve the life experience for people with disability by promoting self-direction and integration into the community, and provides a wide range of independent living services to help individuals meet these goals.

The Office of the Attorney General Consumer Protection Unit investigates and mediates consumer complaints concerning unfair and unlawful business practices and misleading advertising arising out of alleged violations of the Deceptive Trade Practices Act. If groups of people are victimized by a deceptive trade practice, this office may file in the Superior Court a civil investigative demand, which is a formal investigation. In appropriate cases, a lawsuit to stop the illegal business practice may be initiated. Apart from carrying out its statutory responsibilities, the Unit also provides information and referral services to the general public. Consumers are directed to the appropriate governmental or private agencies for help in answering specialized questions or resolving disputes that are not within the Unit's jurisdiction.

Cranston Area Career & Technical Center Department 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.

Amherst gardens is a community redevelopment project consisting of 14 building scattered throughout the Olneyville section of Providence, RI. The project incorporates 14 buildings with 36 affordable apartment units.

Maple Gardens II is subsidized housing 62+, handicapped or disabled.

Computer Lab: Computers available for job search/use

Blackstone Apartments is subsidized housing 62+, handicapped or disabled located in a 4 story, 47 unit building.

Residential facility for adult males, 18+, recovering from substance abuse addiction. Intensive day program as well as intensive non-residential evening program for adult/adolescent males/females. Outpatient substance abuse counseling and group therapy. Also provides counseling for domestic violence, gambling, and anger management services for men, women and children over six. Income Source: Resident fees, State, Federal, Most Health Insurance Plans, donations

The Wakefield Oasis is an affiliate of the Mental Health Consumer Advocates of Rhode Island, Inc. This non-profit statewide advocacy, education, and socialization center empowers adults who have experienced psychiatric symptoms or who receive mental health services. MHCA of RI, Inc., has been in operation since 1985. The vision of MHCA of RI, Inc., is to provide peer support, to inform and educate people about the stigma of mental illness and to positively affect the lives of our fellow consumes through legislative action and other advocacy campaigns.

13 room home for community based program is located on the periphery of Pawtucket's business district. The primary objective is to provide residential services for adolescent males. As members of the community, the residents are afforded the opportunity to participate in a variety of educational, recreational and cultural programs. All residents attend school locally with staff providing supplementary and remedial academic assistance. The program provides a clinican licensed at the independent level which may include a licensed psychologist, a licensed mental health professional, a licensed independent social worker or a licensed marriage and family therapist. The clinician will have weekly individual and group contact with each resident and provide consultation to staff, DCYF caseworkers and the resident's parent or guardian. Family therapy will also be provided when appropriate. The clinician will also provide consultation with other mental health professionals, school personnel and assist with crisis intervention while making appropriate treatment referrals.

They Are Your Comprehensive Community and Post-Acute Care Resource Their collaborative of partners works together to deliver high-quality care. They Provide the Full Network of Care CareLink covers the complete spectrum of post-acute and community care.

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 and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Elders

Provides training, education and other services which result in employment and expanded opportunities for people with disabilities and other barriers to employment in order to enhance their capacity for independent living, increased quality of life and work. Services: Job placement assistance Work experience Job shadowing opportunities Work readiness training Interview practice Situational Assessments Job retention training Mentoring Goodwill also works with employers to provide employment opportunities to individuals who have barriers to employment. Goodwill employees and volunteers act as mentors and role models before and after employment to ensure success for both our client and the employer. Goodwill clients are also provided with information regarding their rights as it pertains to confidentiality, the ADA and the right to disclose or not disclose their disability as it pertains to employment.

Neighbors Helping Neighbors Rhode Island is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization dedicated to helping families stay in their homes through a variety of ways, primarily by providing necessary home repairs and modifications. NHN RI offers services including building wheelchair ramps, painting houses indoor or out, repairing porches or steps, patching roofs, and fixing windows. All of these can make real differences to neighbors in need. Necessary home repairs are often left undone when people are faced with the need to stretch their paycheck, disability check, or Social Security income. In some cases, completing this work is the only way people are able to stay in their homes and remain independent.

Flickers, the Newport Film Society and Arts Collaborative offers multiple scholarships each year for college students in varying arts based programs. Winifred E. Brownell Scholarship Fund: For students in film and the arts as part of its year long focus celebrating women in film, it is an annual scholarshiplaunched to honor retired university of Rhode Island Dean Winifred E. Brownell The Drywa/Feinberg Scholarship Fund: For students in Education to celebrate the Memory of Diane Drywa and Ross Feinberg. The Jim Seavor Scholarship Fund: For students in Journalism and Writing.