Community Resources
Year round mobile produce market that offers fresh fruit and vegetables and offers a 50% discount on purchases made with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) dollars.
"Within our community education office, we have the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program- Education (SNAP-Ed), the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP), and the Children, Youth and Families at Risk (CYFAR) programs. Our office provides nutrition education workshops, works with community partners to help make the healthier choice the easier choice, and provides recipes, handouts, videos and other free resources for anyone to access. Our nutrition education efforts are delivered across the state, but mostly in the core cities of Providence, Pawtucket, Central Falls, and Woonsocket. Let’s learn more!
Direct Education
Throughout Rhode Island we offer nutrition education workshops. The workshops focus on culturally-relevant healthy eating and physical activity within a limited budget.
Community Partners
We work with community partners to help create sustainable policy, system and environmental (PSE) changes to complement nutrition education and support healthy behaviors.
Helpful Resources
To extend the reach and learning, our website and social media platforms provide recipes, handouts, videos and other free resources that can be accessed and shared by anyone. We provide workshops, recipes, handouts and videos in English and Spanish (and currently developing into Portuguese). SNAP-Ed
80 Washington Street
Room 300
Providence, RI 02903 EFNEP
80 Washington Street
Room 300
Providence, RI 02903
p: 401.277.5272
f: 401.277.5284
Ruthann Marchetti
EFNEP Program Manager
e: ruthann.marchetti@uri.edu
p: 401.277.5270
f: 401.277.5284
Nutrition Hotline
p: 1.877.FOOD.URI
e: nutrition@etal.uri.edu CYFAR
80 Washington Street
Room 300
Providence, RI 02903
p: 401.277.5270
f: 401.277.5284
e: Projectstride@etal.uri.edu"
Lifestyle medicine is the evidence-based practice of assisting individuals and families to adopt and sustain behaviors that can improve health and quality of life. Lifestyle Medicine focuses on six areas: physical activity, healthful eating, nutrition, stress management, sleep, and relationships.
Offering daily meals, weekly food pantry, toiletry and personal items, clothing, and support services for counseling, housing assistance, emergency telephone, transportation vouchers, and more.
Open Table of Christ United Methodist Church- Food pantry and Open Closet Thrift Shop for adult and children’s used clothing, kitchen items, and more.
House of Hope: Shower to Empower provides showers, haircuts, medical services, and case management to those in need. Mobile unit- call or visit website for locations and schedule
Emergency warming and cooling centers during inclement weather, natural disaters, power outages, etc.
Reopened January 2023. Helps prevent mortgage delinquencies and defaults, foreclosures, loss of utilities or home energy services, and displacement of homeowners experiencing financial hardship due to the pandemic. Must own your own home and meet criteria, application required.
Free educational workshop about how to find housing, fill out rental applications, and understand your rights as a tenant.
Resources if you are facing eviction from or foreclosure on your home.
If you are experiencing homelessness or will lose your housing in the next 14 days, call or use the chat feature for assistance in finding housing options.
Housing options for those suffering from homelessness, as well as additional supports to obtain long term housing.
Offers emergency shelter and supportive, affordable housing options for those experiencing homelessness.
Transitional housing for homeless mothers and children- also offers childcare services, job training resources, and other support services. Must meet qualifications to apply.
Parents and their loved ones who contact the Hotline will speak to professional counselors. Counselors will immediately provide real-time support, information, and resources.
24/7, confidential crisis support for Veterans and their loved ones.
You don't have to be enrolled in VA benefits or health care to connect.
24/7 safe, confidential and anonymous domestic and sexual violence helpline for Native Americans and Alaska Natives