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Services including emergency contraception, pregnancy tests and counseling, STI and HIV testing and treatment, annual exams, breast and cervical cancer screenings, abortion services, birth control, hormone therapy, and more.
Office of Healthy Aging: As Rhode Island’s designated state unit on aging, they empower older Rhode Islanders (age 55+) and adults living with disabilities to age strong. Along with many partners, they connect you to information and resources in the community to help you live happily and healthfully. They advocate for laws, policies and investments that protect your rights and agency.
Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) provide free or low-cost health coverage to millions of Americans, including some low-income people, families and children, pregnant women, the elderly, and people with disabilities. Some states have expanded their Medicaid programs to cover all people below certain income levels.
Free translation services for important work-related communications.
In affiliation with Migration & Refugee Services of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic Charities of Providence-Office of Immigration and Refugee Services staff provides refugee resettlement services. The organization provides immigration legal services as a member agency of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.
Catholic Charities of Providence's Project Hope provides individuals and families with basic necessities such as food, rent, and medicine. In addition, immigration information, assistance, and representation is available for those who may need these services.
Free legal clinics for individuals facing homelessness, offered at Warm Center in Westerly, Smith Hill Library in Providence, and Save Haven in Woonsocket.
Financial empowerment classes-budgeting, saving money, improving credit scores, etc.
20 hours of FREE Environmental Health, Climate Change, and Community Preparedness Training. Will involve two hours per month of community work.
Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence 24 hour hotline
24 hour hotline, assists with emergency shelter, transitional and short term housing, law enforcement advocacy, crisis advocacy, counseling and support groups, and more for those suffering from domestic violence.
Multiple services for veterans, including primary care, specialty services, mental health services, and more.
Mission: To mitigate food insecurity of at-risk populations in the state by promoting and managing a donation system where safe, edible food that may otherwise be thrown away is matched with the needs of food pantries and soup kitchens..
Our Mission: To improve the quality of life for all Rhode Islanders by advancing solutions to the problem of hunger.
Free breakfast and lunch for those in need, Monday - Friday: Breakfast 7:00am - 8:00am, Lunch 11:00am - 12:30pm, Saturday* (closed the first Saturday of each month) Lunch 11:00am - 12:00pm
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.