Official State Website: http://www.state.ri.us

President and Vice President: www.whitehouse.gov

State Representative: http://www.house.gov/

Senators: http://www.senate.gov/

Local Child Abuse Number: 800-RI-CHILD ( 800-742-4453) (nationwide, 24 hours)

Children's Rights Foundation:
1-800-329-KIDS
http://www.preventchildabusenow.org/

National Child Traumatic Stress Network:
http://www.nctsnet.org/nccts/nav.do?pid=abt_ntwk

Shelters

Providence Rescue Mission
627 Cranston Street
Providence, RI 02907-2813
Phone: 401-274-8861

ADVENT HOUSE
P.O. Box 73099
Providence, RI 02907
273-8946

AMOS HOUSE
P.O. Box 72873
Providence, RI 02907
272-0220

BLACKSTONE SHELTER
P.O. Box 5643
Pawtucket, RI 02862
723-3057

INTERIM HOUSE
49-51 Trenton Street
Providence, RI 02906
831-4570

LUCY'S HEARTH
909 West Main Road
Middletown, RI 02842
847-2021

MCKINNEY COOPERATIVE SHELTER
15 Meeting Street
Newport, RI 02840
846-8810

SOJOURNER HOUSE
386 Smith Street
Providence, RI 02908
765-3232

URBAN LEAGUE
246 Prairie Avenue
Providence, RI 02905
351-5000

W.A.R.M SHELTER
56 Spruce Street
Westerly, RI 02891
596-9276

WELCOME ARNOLD
Howard Avenue, Bldg. 93
Cranston, RI 02920
464-2498

WARWICK HOUSE
OF HOPE
P.O. Box 8608
Warwick, RI 02888
463-3324

RI FAMILY SHELTER
165 Beach Avenue
Warwick, RI 02819
739-8584

Women's Shelters

Domestic Violence:
http://www.ricadv.org
http://www.sboard.org/resources.htm?

Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence
422 Post Road, #202
Warwick, RI 02888
(401) 467-9940 Fax: (401) 467-9943
(800) 494-8100 In State
Website: www.ricadv.org
Email: ricadv@ricadv.org

National Domestic Violence Hotline:
http://www.ndvh.org/help/help_in_area.html

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence:
http://www.ncadv.org

National Network to End Domestic Violence:
http://www.nnedv.org

Directory of Women's Shelters:
http://wedirectyou.com/womennmr/women.htm

Sounding Board Counseling Center:
http://www.sboard.org then click on shelters in your State

Community Action Program:
www.tri-town.org
http://www.risoftsolutions.com/ricaan/Agencies.cfm
www.ncaf.org/linkcaas.htm

Head Start Program:
http://www.ridoe.net/child_family/earlychild/KeystoQuality/Keys_Sites.htm
http://www.ed.gov/inits/americareads/resourcekit/HeadStart/rhodeisland.html
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/hsb/hsweb/index.jsp
http://www.headstartinfo.org/infocenter/ehs_tkit1.htm

State Listings of Charities

Federal Trade Commission:
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/tmarkg/charity.htm

Department of Business Regulation
Charitable Organizations
233 Richmond Street, Suite 232
Providence, RI 02903-4232
401-222-3048
http://www.dbr.state.ri.us/char_orgs.html

Dept. of the Attorney General
Civil Division, Charitable Trusts
150 South Main Street
Providence, RI 02903
401-274-4400
http://rhode-island.uscity.net/Charity/

Search by State

Family and Youth Services:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/fysb/

Human Services
http://www.hhs.gov/

Government Grants:
http://www.firstgov.gov/
http://www.grants.gov/
http://www.govbenefits.gov/govbenefits_en.portal

Housing Grants:
http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/communitydevelopment/programs/
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/csbg/

Health Care: For the Uninsured
http://ask.hrsa.gov/

Help finding healthcare in your area:
http://www.healthfinder.gov/healthcare/

Emergency Food and Shelter:
http://www.efsp.unitedway.org/EFSP/WC.DLL?EFSP~FundedStates