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Literacy Centers and Community Resources in Rhode Island


Ancillary support / resources

These resources are included for easy access to agencies providing support services, information and activities for adult learners and others in communities:

The Department of Children, Youth and Families provides a list of licensed day care providers in Rhode Island, a potentially useful resource for adults seeking child care options.

Crossroads Rhode Island (formerly Travelers Aid) - housing, vocational and related services

The Family Life Center resource center is a provider of Access to Recovery services in Employment, Housing, Transportation, and Life Skills. In order to be eligible for the program, you must be on probation, and your cause for arrest must be related to a substance abuse problem. You must ask your probation or parole officer to refer you to an assessment to qualify for the program.

United Way 2-1-1 in Rhode Island; find services here: 
http://www.211ri.org/

iiTranslates - translating and interpreting services, a division of the International Institute of Rhode Island



If you have information about programs listed here, programs not listed here, and/or questions about adult education programs in the state generally, please contact us.


America's Literacy Directory: National Literacy Database searchable by area of study, zipcode and multiple other criteria 

Centers and programs at a glance:

An Even Start in Newport phone: (401) 845-8579

Aquidneck Island Adult Learning Center

ARC of Northern Rhode Island

Blackstone Valley Chapter - ARC 

Blackstone Valley Community Action Program Pawtucket 
phone: (401)723-4520 

Bristol Community College (Mass.) -  Center for Developmental Education

Bristol Warren Adult Learning Center & Continuing Adult Ed. Program  phone: (401) 245-3392

Building Futures

CACD Pawtucket  phone (401) 726-8729

Center for Hispanic Policy and Advocacy / Providence phone: (401) 467-0111

CCRI - Adult Basic Education

Commonwealth Literacy Corps - Bristol Community College - (508) 678-2811

Cranston Adult Learning Center  

Crossroads RI (formerly Travelers Aid Society of RI)  Providence phone (401) 521-2255)

DaVinci Center for Community Progress

Dorcas Place

East Providence Community Center

Education Exchange (formerly Washington County Adult Learning Center)  phone (401) 783-0293

Elmwood Community Center

English for Action

Even Start Family Literacy Programs - RIDE listings; Even Start Family Literacy Programs in Newport, Woonsocket, Pawtucket, and at Tri-Town Community Action serving Smithfield and Johnston, North Providence, Foster, Burrillville, and North Smithfield; Providence Even Start at Dorcas Place, Central Falls, Westerly, Chariho, and North Kingstown; contact: Charlotte Diffendale, Rhode Island Even Start Coordinator, at 222-4600 X 1-2457.

Family literacy programs across the state (National Center for Family Literacy listing)

Family Outreach Center

Federal Hill House Association

GED preparation and testing centers in Rhode Island

Genesis Center 

Goodwill Industries of Rhode Island

Institute for Labor Studies and Research

International House of Rhode Island  Providence phone: (401) 421 - 7181

International Institute of Rhode Island

Literacy Volunteers of Rhode Island
- an affiliate of ProLiteracy America

Literacy Volunteers of East Bay - an affiliate of ProLiteracy America

Literacy Volunteers of  Kent County  822-9103 

Literacy Volunteers of  Newport County 849-7845 

Literacy Volunteers of  Providence 351-0511 

Literacy Volunteers of South County - contact: IonaG_2002@yahoo.com  225-1068 

Literacy Volunteers Washington County - 596-9411

Mount Hope Learning Center

Network RI    One Stop Career Centers

Narragansett Indian Adult Vocational Training

Northern RI Community Mental Health - (Directory Information)

Office of Adult Education - Woonsocket
777 Cass Avenue, (401) 767-4887

Office of Rehabilitation Services

Pawtucket Adult Education -  library ESOL; COZ, phone: 729-6293

People School -  a free community learning project happening all over the providence area

Progreso Latino -  626 Broad Street, Central Falls, RI 02863 Tel: (401) 728-5920 Fax: (401) 724-5550

Project Learn - Adult and Family Literacy Programs - Northern RI (401) 769-4200

Project RIRAL

Project RIRAL Transition to College

Providence Public Library Literacy Services - RI Family Literacy Initiative (direct link)

PRYSM - Providence Youth Student Movement BRIDGE Program - Building Rhode Islanders' Development and General Education.

Rhode Island College Outreach Programs

Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training

Rhode Island Distance Learning

Rhode Island Parent Information Network

RSVP Northern Rhode Island / phone 944-8300

SEDC for Southeast Asians (and International Language Bank) - (Directory Information)

Silver Lake Annex Community Center

Smith Hill Center - Smith Hill Center is now part of Capital City Community Centers  455-3880

South Providence Neighborhood Ministries -  747 Broad Street, Providence 461-7509

South Providence Tutorial Inc. -  P.O. Box 5920, Providence, RI 02905  (401) 785-2126

Stepping Up - Health Care Jobs and Education

Swearer Language and Literacy - additional information : Program Structure, Staff Development, and Evaluation; Deaf Literacy

Transition to College - Project RIRAL

Tri Town Community Action Agency / Johnston phone (401)351-2750

University Affiliated Program of Rhode Island at RIC - Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities / Providence  phone 456-8072; TTY 456-8773

Urban League of Rhode Island -  246 Praire Ave, Providence 351-5000  

URI - Project Leap - Learning Enhancement for Adults Program

Vocational Resources/Goodwill Industries / Providence phone 861-2080; email: goodwillri@aol.com

Warwick Area Adult Learning Center

West Bay Community Action  - West Bay CAP 218 Buttonwoods Ave Warwick  02886
Day and evening classes for pre-GED, GED, beginning ESL, and advanced ESL run from September to June, registration begins in August, call for start dates throughout the year.
 

West End Community Center

West Warwick Public Library Family Literacy Center

Women in Transition

Workforce Partnership of Greater RI / East Providence (401) 277-2090

Year Up Providence

YouthBuild Providence - 401.273.7528


last updated  September 8,  2009

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