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Rhode Island Community Action Association is a network of community action agencies (CAPs) serving all 39 cities and towns in Rhode Island.
The Blackstone Valley Community Action Program (BVCAP) is a non-profit agency and a member of the nation-wide network of Community Action Programs.
We deliver supportive services and programs to Providence County residents in need to promote their achievement of economic self-sufficiency.
We offer more than 40 service programs for people in the Woonsocket community challenged by mental health and addictions, basic needs, trauma, housing, education and employment.
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.
Tri-County Community Action Agency was established under President Johnson’s “War on Poverty” and the passage of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. We offer a broad range of services and programs to the communities of Exeter, Charlestown, Narragansett, Westerly, Hopkinton, North Kingstown, South Kingstown, Richmond, West Greenwich, New Shoreham to provide a helping hand to those in need and to build a foundation of self-sufficiency.
Tri-County Community Action Agency was established under President Johnson’s “War on Poverty” and the passage of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. We offer a broad range of services and programs to the communities of North Providence, Johnston, North Smithfield, Smithfield, Burrillville, and Gloucester to provide a helping hand to those in need and to build a foundation of self-sufficiency.
Westbay Community Action is a charitable organization serving the people of Kent County (Warwick, West Warwick, and East Greenwich). We help with food, utilities, health, safety, and education.
Provides assistance with SNAP, WIC, food pantries, utility assistance, unemployment/TDI, health care registration, free tax preparation services, vaccinations, low income housing applications, homeowner lead removal, adult education classes, ESL, career trainings for CNA and CDLs, job searches, and more.
Free financial literacy series, held online, no registration or fees required.
CAPP is proud to offer our Bookkeeping Certificate Program. You can learn a new skill or improve your existing skills.
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.
"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"
