Children's Friend & Service has extensive programs to support families in Rhode Island. Please see website for details. 
Programs include:
Early Head Start
Head Start
Child Care

Adoption Support and Preservation
Foster Care
Fatherhood Initiatives

Kids Connect Agency
Provider of Family Care Community Partnerships FCCP

Home Visiting Programs including:

First Connections
First Connections at Children’s Friend provides free, voluntary, confidential home visits in Central Falls, Cranston, Pawtucket and Providence to pregnant women and families with young children, birth to age three.
Healthy Families America

Healthy Families America is a national evidence-based maternal and child home visiting program that provides free, voluntary, confidential services. The program pairs expectant mothers or families with newborns with a Family Support Worker, who provides home visiting services to the family and their child until the child’s fourth birthday.

Nurse Family Partnership

Nurse-Family Partnership is a national evidence-based maternal and child home visiting program that provides free, voluntary, confidential services to expectant first-time mothers and then their newborns. The program pairs expectant mothers with a registered nurse, who provides intensive home visiting services to the mother and her child until the child’s second birthday.

Women, Infants and Children Nutrition Program

WIC offices have temporarily moved to 153 Summer Street in Providence. Please call ahead to check hours. 401.752.7781 

Early Intervention at Children's Friend is listed separately in the directory. 

Children's Friend provides a comprehensive array of social services that strengthen families, are culturally relevant and support the healthy development of children.
Across Rhode Island, our staff provides services to help over 31,488 individuals annually.
Sites in Providence, Pawtucket, and Central Falls, we provide a broad array of services for children and families.

The Groden Center provides an array of services from infants to adults
The children's programs include:

• Family Services including Community and Home Therapeutic Services(HBTS), Personal Assistance Services and Supports (PASS) and Respite.
• Full service and Early Intervention Programs listed in a separate directory listing
• The Groden Center Preschool Program and Special Education School
• Treatment Foster Care
• Social Skills classes
   

 Adult programing is also available on Massachusetts and Rhode Island link

• Community Supports
• Consultation Services
• Vocational Training
• Day and Residential programs

The Groden Center’s mission is to enhance the lives of children and youth with autism, behavioral disorders, and developmental disabilities and their families to lead productive, dignified and satisfying lives by:

• Providing the most effective educational, therapeutic, and other habilitative services;

• Advancing knowledge and best practices through research, education and training;

• Involving, educating, and supporting families in caring and advocating for their children

Serving Residents of Providence, Central Falls, Pawtucket and Cranston. Eligibility requirements depends on the program, contact main number.

Services and Programs include:
Early Intervention

Outpatient Counseling for children, individuals, and families

Foster Care

SafeCare

Trauma Informed Treatment

School-based Counseling in Providence Schools

Home visiting programs First Connections and Healthy Families America 

Family Care Community Partnerships (FCCP) Serving families with children under age 18 (up to 21 in certain cases) at risk of involvement with the Department of Children, Youth and Families. Family Service of Rhode Island leads a six-agency partnership providing wraparound services to families in Central Falls, Cranston, Pawtucket and Providence. Family Service of Rhode Island is a member of the Washington Kent FCCP serving Washington and Kent Counties. To contact: (401) 789-3016.

Family Coaching and Visitation Center Providing coaching and supervised visitation for children and families who have suffered maltreatment. Families learn new relationship skills in the context of a home environment. Parent education groups and parent-child play groups are offered. Referrals through DCYF.

Family Service of Rhode Island is one of the oldest and largest non-profit human service agencies in Rhode Island. There are a number of locations and programs. See website for specific information.

Offices are located in Providence, with children's residential treatment facilities in Smithfield, North Smithfield, and East Providence.

The Department of Children, Youth and Families is the state child welfare, children's mental health and juvenile corrections services agency which promotes safety, permanence, and well-being of children through partnerships with family, community, and government.

Voluntary Extension of Care ages 18-20

Foster Care and Adoption Information

The goal of foster care is to safely reunite children with their birth families whenever possible. When reunification is not possible, DCYF works with its partner agencies to match a child with an adoptive family. Many children who are adopted from foster care find their “forever families” in the homes of their foster parents.

Child Protective Services Information

CPS operates 24 hours a day, 365 days per year. Investigators receive and screen reports of suspected abuse and neglect on the Department’s hotline (1-800-RI-CHILD) and conduct associated investigations, as needed.

Family Service Unit Information

The Family Service Units division (FSU) of the Department becomes involved with families after a Child Protective Services (CPS) investigation has been conducted and a determination made that services are needed to address abuse, neglect, or dependency within the family.

Division of Community Services and Behavioral Health Information

Community Services & Behavioral Health (CSBH) is responsible for developing a continuum of care for children's behavioral health services that supports children to live in family settings. CSBH encourages services to prevent hospitalization and reviews services to ensure proper matching of services to needs and to improve the quality of and access to services.

Family Care Community Partnerships FCCP

The Department recognizes that all families struggle from time to time and need supports they can turn to when they need assistance. These supports range from basic needs to bridging family rifts with the over-arching goal to increase the overall well-being of families. 
Our FCCP agencies, part of DCYF's network of prevention-focused providers, brings community-based services to children and families to build a stronger, brighter futures. 

Juvenile Corrective Services Information

The Division of Juvenile Corrections consists of the Rhode Island Training School and the Office of Juvenile Probation. The Division of Juvenile Corrections promotes the rehabilitation of youth through a continuum of flexible, innovative, and effective programs for male and female youth. The Division of Juvenile Corrections strives to promote positive outcomes for youth and to reduce recidivism for youth within the juvenile and criminal justice systems.

Licensing Information

The Department of Children, Youth and Families is charged, under RI General Law §42-72.1, with the licensing, monitoring and enforcement of regulations in all foster homes, residential facilities, and for agencies who place children

Mission: Partner with families and communities to raise safe and healthy children and youth in a caring environment.

Real Connections Mentoring

ASPIRE stands for: Aligning Savings, Permanency, Information, Resources, and Empowerment, and is possible with funding from the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative at the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Aspire link

Our Your Way Home program rapidly “re-houses” homeless youth between the ages of 18-24 who have aged out of care and who are now experiencing homelessness. Housing

Career Readiness Program Work Wonders

Adult Education

Empowering Lives, Fostering Futures

Foster Forward’s mission is to empower lives impacted by foster care. We have an unwavering commitment to support children and youth, families, and the child welfare system as a whole, to grow, connect, improve, and move forward. 

We’re advocates, researchers, social workers, parents, and thought leaders who are dedicated to improving the child welfare system. What started as the Rhode Island Foster Parents Association (our former name), eventually pivoted into an organization that supports young adolescents and adults who are currently or formerly in the foster care system. In addition, we manage our Storefront - a resource for all foster families who can pick up free gently used clothing, toys, and other essentials.

Support Groups
The Village currently offers two support groups for foster and adoptive families.
The Peer Support Group is an adult only group. This provides an opportunity for the parent to get out and meet other foster and adoptive parents, to relax and be able to share freely in a non-judgement zone.
The Kinship Care Support Group
For this group, childcare is provided, and kinship caregivers can meet others facing some of the same joys and challenges.

Peer Mentoring
For those who need ongoing or on the spot assistance and answers, the Village offers peer mentoring. A new or experienced foster and/or adoptive parent can be assigned a mentor who has faced similar challenges.

The Open Closet is a service to help resource families find needed items such as clothes, equipment, diapers, books and toys. The Open Closet items are provided through donations and contain both new and gently used items. Open Closet hours are available by appointment.

The Village was incorporated in March 2016 as RI’s only foster and adoptive family founded and governed support organization.

The Mission of the Village is to contribute to the development and maintenance of a robust network of healthy, committed, and well trained resource families for children in RI needing out of home care.

• Boys Town Family Home
• Foster Family Services
• In Home Family Services
• Community Support Services
• Parenting Classes currently offered virtually link 

National Crisis Hotline 800-448-3000

Boys Town New England has brought life-changing care to tens of thousands of children and families in Rhode Island and surrounding states.

Boys Town New England has four Family Homes that serve adolescents and young children at its Bazarsky Campus. The site also offers Foster Family Services®, In-Home Family Services® and Community Support Services®. For children who have completed Boys Town New England out-of-home programs, Reunification Services are available to help them make a smooth transition back to their families and maintain and improve their treatment gains.

A grandparent’s hub, a place where grandparents can connect to community, share their stories, engage in support groups, learn about resources and celebrate successes.

Resources

• Foster & Kinship Care
• Family & Legal Court
• Housing-Lead
• Parenting and Child Safety
• Wellness & Substance Use

A Grand Space Workshops virtual support groups

Mission – Our mission is to inspire, empower and preserve grand families by supporting grandparents raising grandchildren impacted by substance use disorder and other traumas to navigate systems and reduce barriers fostering success in their new role as caregivers.
Grands Flourish, Inc is a nonprofit organization that provides supports, services and other resources to grandparents raising grandchildren.

Grands Flourish Inc., is Rhode Island’s only nonprofit organization supporting grandparents raising grandchildren.

Child and Family Counseling Services link

Family Centered Treatment link

Foster Care Program link

Enhanced Family Support Services link

Addiction and Recovery Services link

Family Care Community Partnerships FCCP

Child & Family is the largest and most comprehensive social service provider in Newport County, and one of the largest in the State of Rhode Island.  It is a center for community involvement – a place where people come together to give help, to receive help and to support the work of others. With state-of-the-art Community Centers in both Middletown and Providence, Child & Family provides important services and programs to thousands of children, teens, families and elders throughout Rhode Island each year.

Middletown location

31 John Clarke Road
Middletown, RI 02842
T | 401-849-2300
F | 401-841-8841

Additional lead agencies for the Family Care Community Partnership 

Community Care Alliance Northern Rhode Island

Communities for People East Urban Core

Family Service West Urban Core

Child and Family East Bay

Tri-County Community Action Kent/Washington County

We registered this organization to help families with the gaps in service. We provide tools and activities so that these parents can care for these special children and youth effectively.

En The Heart Tree, nuestra meta es ayudar a las familias de crianza, adoptiva y de parentesco de habla español con las barreras que afrontan en las áreas de crianza y adopción.

Providing support for foster, adoptive and kinship parents in Spanish

Proveyendo apoyo para padres de crianza, adoptivos y parentesco en Español

For information in English call (401) 481-5483, visit RIVillage.org, or email admin@rivillage.org; for information in Spanish visit TheHeartTree.org. 

 Para obtener información en inglés, llame al (401) 481-5483, visite RIVillage.org o envíe un correo electrónico a admin@rivillage.org; para obtener información en español, visite TheHeartTree.org. Estén atentos para más información.

Our services include:

• Comprehensive intake evaluation within one month of removal from home or transition of placement
• Annual physical exams and immunizations
• Comprehensive mental, behavioral and developmental screening
• Sick visit care
• Education and support to all those involved in the child’s care, including foster parents, biological parents and case workers
• Referrals to medical and mental health specialists as needed
• Ongoing communication with the Rhode Island Department of Child Youth and Families and schools
• Gathering and updating health information
• Interpretation services

The Fostering Health Program provides family centered medical care to newborns and children through the age of 18 who are in foster, kinship and congregate care. The goal is to provide a medical home for these children and adolescents.

The program staff collaborates with Department of Children Youth and Families caseworkers, foster care families, birth families, residential treatment staff, mental health providers, subspecialty providers and educators. This is an opportunity for caregivers to learn more about the child’s health, special health care needs, and to provide education to both foster parents and biologic parents.

Resources to help prepare youths for living on their own.

Services Include:

• Consulting: Ongoing strategic consultation at no cost to child welfare systems and tribes.
• Public Policy: Comprehensive child welfare information to support policymakers
• Research and Analysis: Information to support decision-making, bolster system integration, build capacity, and support sustainability.
• Casey Life Skills: Free practice tool and framework for working with youth in foster care. It assesses independent living skills and provides results instantly. Intended to be done between a youth and their social worker, case manger, or other mentor.
• Direct Services: Operates nine field offices in five states (Arizona, California, Idaho, Texas, and Washington) that provide direct services to urban, suburban, and rural communities.

Provides foster, kinship and adoptive families with opportunities for advocacy, networking, and education.