Victim Advocacy

We provide programs and services for immigrants, refugees, and those who need it most in the community. Here is a brief overview of the services we provide:

• Education
• Citizenship & Immigration
• Refugee Resettlement
• Unaccompanied Minors
• Clothing Collaborative
• Employment
• Translation & Interpretation

Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island provides a wide range of services to the community including Immigration and Citizenship services, Refugee Resettlement, the Clothing Collaborative, and Interpreting and Translating services.
Mission:
We empower individuals and families, especially the undeserved, immigrants, and refugees, to become self-sufficient and fully participating members of our diverse community through innovative programs and advocacy that promote education, training, and cultural understanding.

We provide programs and services for immigrants, refugees, and those who need it most in the community. Here is a brief overview of the services we provide:

• Education
• Citizenship & Immigration
• Refugee Resettlement
• Unaccompanied Minors
• Clothing Collaborative
• Employment
• Translation & Interpretation

We provide client-centered services, advocacy and opportunities based on our expertise in family literacy and adult education, employment services, refugee resettlement, translation, interpretation, U.S. citizenship and immigration services.
There is also a North Campus, address below

DIIRI
220 Elmwood Ave
Providence , RI 02907

The Women's Resource Center (WRC) provides a number of programs and services to clients and their family members who are or have been a victim of domestic violence.

Program and Services

Do you need Help? link

Our agency does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, age or country of ancestral origin and the delivery of services.

Women’s Resource Center (WRC), serving Newport and Bristol Counties, was founded in 1977 to provide comprehensive domestic violence intervention and prevention services that educate, advocate, and shelter any individual in need of assistance. Each year we help women, children, families, men and the elderly to obtain the services they need to secure their physical, mental, emotional and financial safety from domestic abuse.

Following the advice of the CDC and the State of Rhode Island, the WRC is doing its part to reduce the exposure and spread of the coronavirus to our clients, our employees and the broader community. All staff are working remotely, though our services are still available. The WRC remains a safe haven for support, shelter, and counseling services. We encourage all to stay alert and share our resources to neighbors in need. For assistance, contact 401-846-5263 or info@wrcnbc.org  Our 24-Hour Hotline is 1-800-494-8100. If you are in imminent danger, call 911.

Additional office in Warren

The WRC provides a number of programs and services to clients and their family members who are or have been a victim of domestic violence.

Our agency does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, age or country of ancestral origin and the delivery of services.

Programs and Services link

Do you need help? 

Leading domestic violence prevention through the empowerment of individuals and the community by providing advocacy, education and support services.
A member of the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

Locations

Following the advice of the CDC and the State of Rhode Island, the WRC is doing its part to reduce the exposure and spread of the coronavirus to our clients, our employees and the broader community. All staff are working remotely, though our services are still available. The WRC remains a safe haven for support, shelter, and counseling services. We encourage all to stay alert and share our resources to neighbors in need. For assistance, contact 401-846-5263 or info@wrcnbc.org  Our 24-Hour Hotline is 1-800-494-8100. If you are in imminent danger, call 911.

If you are in crisis and need to speak to an Advocate right away, call the Helpline at 1-800-494-8100.

Comprehensive services

• 24-hour Helpline and legal advocacy
• Therapeutic Treatment Services link
• Advocacy link
• Support groups

Child Advocacy Center (CAC) link

Anyone can call the RI CAC with questions about referring a victim. Our protocol is for DCYF and/or law enforcement to send over their report. Call 421-4100 x119 to reach the CAC.

Day One is the only agency in Rhode Island that is specifically organized to deal with issues of sexual assault as a community concern. We provide treatment, intervention, education, advocacy, and prevention services to Rhode Islanders of all ages—from preschool children to elderly adults. Additionally, we advocate for public policy initiatives and systemic changes that positively impact how Rhode Island families handle sexual abuse cases.

Assists crime victims and promotes leadership in changing attitudes, policies, and practices to promote justice and healing for all victims of crime.

Administers the Crime Victims Fund (the Fund), which is financed by fines and penalties paid by convicted federal offenders, not from tax dollars. OVC channels funding for victim compensation and assistance throughout the United States, raises awareness about victims’ issues, promotes compliance with victims’ rights laws, and provides training and technical assistance and publications and products to victim assistance professionals.