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Northern Plaza Apartments is subsidized housing 62+, handicapped or disabled.

Short-term pet fostering Temporary pet placement for domestic violence survivors. Does not accept pitbulls.

Babcock Village Apartments is a subsidized, three story 62+, handicapped or disabled with elderly preference given apartment complex.

Home based child care center. Capacity: 6

Hospice care is designed to comfort patients and family members when patients have reached a point in their lives where the priority of care turns to ensuring the patient is at ease, rather than curing the illness.

Resources for Human Development-RI helps adults with developmental disabilities reach their goals. With a strong focus on the arts, RHD works with its Participants to develop new skills, become more integrated in the local community and explore a variety of employment opportunities. RHD also contracts directly with a number of school departments around the state to provide supports for students too young for adult services.

Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS) serves people who have disabilities or chronic care needs in the setting ideal for them and their families. Services may be episodic or on-going. Services may be provided in a person's home, the community (for example, shared living or assisted living), or institutional settings (for example, intermediate care facilities, hospitals, or nursing homes) to optimize their health and retain their independence. People of all ages may need long term care. If you, a loved one, or a friend is an adult with a disability or an elder, you will find information about the DHS's publicly funded long term services and supports here.

A multi-venue resource, built between 1913 and 1917, that seeks to enrich the local community through the arts, education, research, and other civic and cultural endeavors. Contains the largest collection of fresco art in the nation. St Ann Arts and Cultural Center is a Nonprofit and Public Charity organization. The Center's mission is to develop multiple venues of adaptive reuse for this endangered and irreplaceable, artistic and historical asset, thereby ensuring its preservation while creating a wonderful resource for the surrounding communities.

Developer of affordable housing. Lending Programs for the purchase, repair and/or refinancing of an existing home providing HUD approves foreclosure prevention counseling. 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.

In addition to 24 hour/seven days a week nursing care, Saint Antoine Residence offers the following special services: Special Care Unit The Special Care Unit is a 60-bed unit for residents with Alzheimer’s and related dementias. The Unit provides a safe, structured environment that meets physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs throughout the disease progression. An emphasis is placed on residents succeeding, dignity, and support of family members. Short Term Rehabilitative Care Short Term Rehabilitative Care is designed for individuals in need of rehabilitation following hip or knee replacement, heart attack, stroke, or other acute medical event. Our goal is to rehabilitate individuals to restore their previous level of functioning with the goal of returning back to their home. Skilled nursing services; on-site physical, occupational, and speech therapies are available. Short term stays range from one week to several weeks, depending upon the individual’s medical condition. Hospice Suite The Hospice Suite provides care for terminally ill individuals who qualify for general inpatient level of care. The Suite affords residents a lovely homelike environment with ample room for visiting family members.

Provides persons with developmental disabilities with the necessary skills and support that will enable them to realize their personal goals of becoming effective members of their community. Skills including cognitive skills, community orientation, socialization and interpersonal skills, self care habits and development of work skills and behavior. Provides supported employment and recreational programs. Income Source: United Way; State contracts; School contracts.

A Christian, nonprofit organization that provides clean, safe water to people in developing countries and disaster areas through a variety of technologies.

Their experienced case management professionals will assess the client and living conditions to make improvements to overall quality of life. Collaborative care plans are developed, services implemented and continued evaluations and monitoring are provided to ensure success.

Nationally recognized for its outstanding design, Waterplace Park is the focal point of Providence's revitalized downtown. This four-acre urban park surrounding a tidal basin features an amphitheater, landscaped terraces, and boat landings. A series of Venetian bridges connects downtown Providence to the city's historic East Side. From here you can board a river boat or glide in a gondola down Providence's redesigned rivers. Waterplace Park is also the site of special events such as concerts and the acclaimed WaterFire.

Tourist information center in Providence, Rhode Island. They maintain a comprehensive online database of things to do in Rhode Island including events, restaurants, museums, and more.

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

Licensed by the RI Department of Education as a year round out-of-district special education school for grades K-12. Students may enroll as day students or, if they meet special education criteria, may be enrolled through the St. Mary’s residential program. The summer program component prevents students from regressing in social, emotional and academic progress by actively engaging students in credit recovery and supportive learning programs. If evaluations to assist with meeting special education requirements or determining if out-of-district placement are necessary, the Camous School offers a 45-day assessment program as well. Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) and Social Emotional Learning (SEL) are RI initiatives for the development of positive and predictable expectations needed to succeed in school and in life.

The Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence’s (ISPN) mission is to teach, by word and example, the principles and practices of nonviolence, and to foster a community that addresses potentially violent situations with nonviolent solutions. To work to build Dr. King’s ideal of the nonviolent Beloved Community. ISPN’s Nonviolence Training program introduces the principles and practices of nonviolence developed by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to students, teachers, police officers, hospitals, inmates and community members. Our instructors also train new trainers to work in schools atand the community annually.

RISLA's College Planning Center offers one-on-one in-person support for all your college planning needs

Belleville House is a subsidized 62+ housing complex.

Overnight shelter, dental services, food pantry, clothing room, and meal programs. **Overnight Shelter Provides emergency, overnight shelter for 75 to 90 homeless men and 15 to 30 homeless women, seven nights a week. Each overnight guest has the ability to take a hot shower, eat a hot dinner, sleep in a clean bed, and have breakfast in the morning. **Food & Clothing We operate an emergency food pantry and a clothing room. Individuals and families use these services on a daily basis. We distribute approximately 16,000 lbs. of food and 5,000 articles of clothing each month. **Meal Programs Our meal programs provide approximately 6,000 hot meals a month to the needy in our community as well as 1,700 box lunches to the children. In addition to our feeding ministry, we do special events during the holidays. This past Thanksgiving we provided Thanksgiving food boxes for 1,600 families in the Providence area. Each box contained 20 pounds of non-perishable food and a 20 pound turkey. At Christmastime, we provided 9,300 gifts to over 3,100 needy families through our Christmas Toy Ministry. **Dental Offices In a phrase - state-of-the-art. The Providence Rescue Mission features a full service dental office that helps Individuals start a new life with a smile they can proud of. Our office features x-ray, full cleaning, and other dental services. Local dentists and staff see patients by appointment only. **Discipleship Program We run a one-year discipleship program that allows 10 to 15 homeless men with, but not limited to, substance abuse issues to start a new life by combining biblical values, counseling, education and career training and reunification with their families. This program is at capacity most of the time.

Services: Addictions and impulse control disorders, child and adolescent issues, family/couples issues, mood disorders, personal issues/personality disorders, anxiety, vocational counseling, addiction intervention.

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NEWSLINE for the Blind As of July 2005, individuals who are blind, visually impaired, or print handicapped can utilize this comprehensive newspaper reading service that is accessible through the use of any touch-tone phone. To provide eligible individuals with visual impairments the opportunities and support that will enable them to become independent, active, self sustaining members of their community. Eligibility: To be eligible for services, you must be visually impaired, with acuity of 20/60 or less in the better eye with correction, or a field loss of twenty degrees or less in the better eye. PROGRAMS: Vocational Rehabilitation/Blind, Business Enterprises Program (BEP), Independent Living and Social Services Program: Children's Social Service Program, Adult Social Service/ Independent Living Program, Older Blind Independent Living Program.