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@Home Cost Share: For older adults with care needs, the @Home Cost-Share program is available to help with some care expenses. Eligible participants can access in-home services – such as help with housekeeping, meal preparation or personal care – and/or community-based programming at adult day health centers at a reduced rate. You may be eligible for the program if you are age 65 or older, meet income guidelines, and need some assistance in the home with your personal or health care.

Department prefers that all calls go through main number. Housing Security Program, Joyce Torrice, 462-0539 Heating Assistance Program **R.I. Pharmaceutical Assistance Program (RIPAE) Provides discounts on drugs for limited income persons 65+ and disabled persons. **Customer Information Assistance and Referral Unit **Home and Community Care Provides homemaker/home health aide services for limited income persons 65+, either on a free or co-pay basis. **Protective Abuse Unit Investigates reports of abuse, neglect, exploitation and self-neglect among persons 60+. **Senior Companion Program, Maria Agonia (401) 462-0569 Provides opportunities for federally subsidized job training and employment for limited income persons 55+. **Silver Haired Legislature Provides a forum for seniors to meet, debate issues, and recommend legislation to the governor, general assembly and the U.S. Congress.

RI Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) Educates and assists Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, family members, and caregivers throughout Rhode Island to protect personal healthcare information, detect healthcare errors, waste, fraud, and abuse, and to resolve suspected instances of healthcare fraud, errors or abuse. To report Medicare fraud, waste or abuse, call Rhode Island SMP at 462-0560.

RIPAE pays a portion of the cost for approved medications purchased during the deductible phase of a Medicare Part D plan and may offer partial reimbursement to those who enter the "donut hole".

DEA Protective Services Unit is responsible for investigating complaints of elderly abuse of Rhode Islanders 60 and older by a family member, caregiver or person with duty of care.. Abuse may include physical, emotional, sexual, financial exploitation, or abandonment. The DEA Protective Services Unit develops a care plan to prevent additional abuse and address the elder’s social service needs. Self-Neglect occurs when a person is no longer able to care for himself/herself. Reports of self-neglect are also made to the DEA Protective Services Unit. The senior’s needs are assessed and necessary services are 0ffered.

They offer a wide range of programs and opportunities that promote health and nurture connection. They work at the systems level to make Rhode Island more age- and life-friendly through investments in infrastructure, workforce, and community networks. At-home companionship for people age 55 or older with limited mobility • Chronic-disease management education • Family supports, including respite care • Community and home-delivered meals • Free healthcare insurance counseling • In-home and day-care cost assistance • Free and reduced legal services • Prescription drug cost assistance • Transportation assistance • Mental health/substance use support • Senior and community center programs

If you have Medicare, the Medicare Savings Program may be able to pay for some of the costs (for example, premiums, co-payments, or deductibles.)

volunteers are people age 55 and older who provide companionship for frail older adults in the home, at day centers, or other community sites. Companions assist with daily tasks, helping those served to remain living in the community for longer. Companions may provide transportation to medical appointments, shopping assistance, meal preparation, and advocacy. They also provide respite to caregivers of frail elders. By remaining active and contributing to their communities, Companions benefit from the program along with the clients they serve.

Guardianship is a legal arrangement through which the Guardian is authorized to make certain decisions for another person. Works with the probates courts to match people age 60 years or older living in care facilities with certain cognitive conditions to caring volunteer guardians, when they are needed

Cross Street Apartments is a 18 unit, low income housing apartment community with 1, 2 and 3 bedroom units.

The federal government’s one-stop resource for identity theft victims. The site provides streamlined checklists and sample letters to guide you through the recovery process. Provide people with information and resources about recovering from an incident of Identity Theft or Fraud. Collects reports of identity theft

The Rhode Island General Assembly works to improve public education, enhance the state’s economy, continue to battle the opioid epidemic, ensure quality health care, protect public welfare, and reinforce good government.

Drug recovery meetings

Richmond Emergency Management Agency implements policies related to hazard mitigation and emergency management programs and activities. The EMA also has general supervision of all civil preparedness duties.

Town Hall West Greenwich is a town in Kent County. It has a population of approximately 6,135. The town has a total area of 51.3 square miles.

The Rhode Island Student Loan Authority (RISLA), a non-profit State authority, provides affordable higher education loans. Since 1981, the Authority has provided over 200,000 loans, helping 100,000 students to achieve the education that they deserve. RISLA also offers students and parents free educational admissions and financial aid assistance through the College Planning Center of Rhode Island, conveniently located at the Warwick Mall. Come visit us and let us answer your questions, assist you in filling out your forms, and make the cost of an education not only more affordable, but more accessible and less time-consuming. We are here to help students and parents not only afford the education of their dreams, but to inform them of the many areas of assistance available to them, in the form of scholarships, loans, tax information guidelines and hands-on help that will make their dreams a reality.

• Provides easy access to low cost educational loans.

• Counsels students and parents on the college admissions and financial aid process through its College Planning Center.

• Provides state of the art loan processing and disbursement services.

Franklin Court Assisted Living is located in the renovated award-winning Kaiser Mill Complex, located just blocks from downtown Bristol. Offering single room occupancy, resident services such as meals and nursing, spacious and comfortable common areas, and a lovely landscaped courtyard with walking paths, and numerous on-site amenities.

The Juanita Sanchez Complex - formerly the two small schools of Providence Academy of International Studies (PAIS) and William B. Cooley Health & Science Technology High School (Cooley).

The RI Department of Labor and Training provides workforce development, workforce security and workforce protection to the state's workers, employers and citizens, offering employment services, educational services and economic opportunity to both individuals and employers. DLT protects the workforce by enforcing labor laws, prevailing wage rates and workplace health and safety standards. The department also provides temporary income support to unemployed and temporarily disabled workers.

OSCIL provides Lunch and Learn Workshops to the Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing and Deaf-Blind. Provides occasional seminars on topics such as Self-Advocacy and other topics of interest are offered in an informal group setting. In addition to the above services, our Deaf Services Coordinator collaborates with other OSCIL staff to provide assistance with other OSCIL services to individuals and other service providers. Lunch and Learn Workshops happens every month on last Wednesday from 12PM to 2PM. Currently available through zoom, in-person option would vary on need and availability.

Jewish Synagogue

Provides person-centered options counseling to Medicare-Medicaid individuals to ensure that they receive clear, unbiased, and consumer friendly information and one-on-one counseling to help them make informed decisions about options they have for receiving their Medicare and Medicaid benefits.

Express Employment Professionals is a full-service staffing and human resources company. It provides recruiting services, direct hire, temporary and temp-to-hire staffing in all office services, accounting, technical, call center, sales, marketing, industrial, production and assembly. For employers, staffing solutions include evaluation and direct hire, temporary/contract staffing, professional search, flexible staffing, and human resource management. Express provides staffing and HR solutions to help meet your needs and production goals. For HR needs, Express' services include: HR Hotline HR Compliance Audits Employee Handbook Review and Creation Organizational Effectiveness Survey Onsite Client Training Programs Affirmative Action Plan Creation

A handicapped accessible, 62-bed, skilled health care facility offering rehabilitation, long term and respite care for all ages, mostly seniors.

Center for Rehabilitation: Offers a complete range of outpatient services in physical, occupational, and speech therapy for patients of all ages.