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Community health centers provide high quality, comprehensive medical, dental and behavioral healthcare to their patients. Rhode Island’s community health centers have many locations throughout the state.
Collection of resources for healthcare, housing, childcare, support groups, and more on a national, state, and city level.
The Samuels Sinclair Dental Center is honored to provide dental services to all children and intellectually or developmentally disabled patients of all ages.
A vital part of CharterCARE Health Partners system, the Pediatric and Family Dental Center is at 21 Street in South Providence in the former St. Joseph Hospital building.
Provides free dental exams, cleanings, and x-rays from September to April.
Rhode Island Department of Health list of dental safety net providers in Rhode Island
Providence Community Health Center operates out of Crossroads' 160 Broad Street headquarters in Providence, ensuring that individuals and families experiencing homelessness have access to quality health and dental care.
Rhode Island Community Action Association is a network of community action agencies (CAPs) serving all 39 cities and towns in Rhode Island.
People come first at East Bay Community Action Program. We are a private, non-profit 501 (c) (3) corporation that provides a wide array of health and human services to the residents of Rhode Island’s East Bay, including the municipalities of: Tiverton, Little Compton, Portsmouth, Middletown, Newport and Jamestown.
People come first at East Bay Community Action Program. We are a private, non-profit 501 (c) (3) corporation that provides a wide array of health and human services to the residents of Rhode Island’s East Bay, including the municipalities of: East Providence, Barrington, Warren, and Bristol.
Comprehensive Community Action Program is a private, nonprofit community action agency formed under the 1964 Economic Opportunity Act. CCAP is one of Rhode Island’s largest organizations dedicated solely to fighting the war on poverty. Our service delivery area includes Cranston, Scituate, Foster, Warwick, and Coventry.
Medical, dental, and behavioral health services, including hormone therapy and case management services for trans individuals.
American Diabetes Association Educational Materials (requires creating a free account to view content)
SNAP provides nutrition benefits to supplement the food budget of needy families so they can purchase healthy food and move towards self-sufficiency.
SNAP provides nutrition benefits to supplement the food budget of needy families so they can purchase healthy food and move towards self-sufficiency.
Local farmer’s markets that accept SNAP/EBT benefits.
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.