Research Guides: UNV 101-P4: Advocating for Women and Children (Montminy-Danna): Agencies and Organizations

Local Agencies and Organizations

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center A central service provider for at-risk individuals, families, and seniors. An independent nonprofit, the MLK Community Center fights hunger, promotes health, educates young and school-aged kids, supports families, and engages seniors.
East Bay Community Action Program East Bay Community Action Program (EBCAP) measures our success one person, one family, and one community at a time. We are here to help people stay strong, and we are here to help people find their strength when they are in need. EBCAP is a bridge to self-reliance, helping people in the community get what they need to keep themselves safe, secure, and healthy.
Family Care Community Partnership 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, providing important services and programs to thousands of children, teens, families and elders throughout the state.
Jonnycake Center for Hope Jonnycake’s mission is to provide basic needs, resources, and hope to our community members. Our vision is a community without hunger and poverty where everyone can reach their full potential and improve their quality of life.
Looking Upwards Private, nonprofit agency offering a wide array of services to adults with developmental disabilities and children and youth with special healthcare needs.
Lucy's Hearth Lucy’s Hearth is a 24-hour emergency and transitional shelter in Newport County serving children and their families who are homeless due to economic hardship, family crisis, divorce, eviction, and severe shortage of safe, affordable housing. The primary goal is to foster independence and help the residents gain the life skills necessary to prevent future homelessness.
Women's Resource Center Mission: “Leading domestic violence prevention through the empowerment of individuals and the community by providing advocacy, education and support services.”

State Agencies and Organizations

Department of Children Youth, & Families DCYF mission is to partner with families and communities to raise safe and healthy children and youth in a caring environment.
Economic Progress Institute The Economic Progress Institute – formerly The Poverty Institute – is a nonpartisan research and policy organization dedicated to improving the economic well-being of low- and modest-income Rhode Islanders.
Girls on the Run - Rhode Island Girls on the Run has fun, evidence-based programs that inspire all girls to build their confidence, kindness, and decision-making skills. Dynamic lessons instill valuable life skills including the important connection between physical and emotional health.
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This is the RI chapter of the national organization, Girls on the Run (https://www.girlsontherun.org/)
National Association of Social Workers, Rhode Island Chapter The mission of the social work profession is rooted in a set of core values: service; social justice; dignity and worth of the person; importance of human relationships; integrity and competence. The Rhode Island Chapter of NASW is dedicated to providing services that promote civil rights, social and economic justice for all Rhode Islanders, the profession, our members, and the people they serve.
RI Department of Health Works to address the socioeconomic and environmental determinants of health, eliminate health disparities and promote health equity, and ensure access to quality health services for all Rhode Islanders, including the state's vulnerable populations.
RI Department of Human Services Through the compassionate delivery of critical safety net and other supportive services, the Rhode Island Department of Human Services (DHS) is committed to ensuring that individuals and families in Rhode Island have access to the support they need to achieve their goals.
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RI DHS strives for all to have the opportunity to thrive at home, work, and in the community.

National Agencies and Organizations

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention CDC is the nation’s leading science-based, data-driven, service organization that protects the public’s health. For more than 70 years, we’ve put science into action to help children stay healthy so they can grow and learn; to help families, businesses, and communities fight disease and stay strong; and to protect the public’s health.
Children's Defense Fund The CDF's mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities.
Child Welfare League of America Leads and engages its network of public and private agencies and partners to advance policies, best practices and collaborative strategies that result in better outcomes for children, youth and families that are vulnerable.
Court Appointed Special Advocates and Guardians ad Litem The National CASA/GAL Association, together with state and local member programs, supports and promotes court-appointed volunteer advocacy so every child who has experienced abuse or neglect can be safe, have a permanent home, and the opportunity to thrive.
Crossroads for Women The mission of Crossroads for Women is to provide comprehensive, integrated services to empower women emerging from incarceration to achieve safe, healthy, and fulfilling lives in the community, for themselves and their children.
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Programming and safe housing located in New Mexico.
Department of Health and Human Services The mission of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is to enhance the health and well-being of all Americans, by providing for effective health and human services and by fostering sound, sustained advances in the sciences underlying medicine, public health, and social services.
Environmental Protection Agency: Environmental Justice The EPA's goal of environmental justice for all means that everyone enjoys the same degree of protection from environmental and health hazards, and equal access to the decision-making process to have a healthy environment in which to live, learn, and work.
Helping Women Period The mission of Helping Women Period is to provide no-cost menstrual products to those experiencing homeless or low-income disparity. Services are delivered locally in Lansing, MI, but their outreach support for volunteers who want to start similar programs is nationwide.
National Women's Health Network We shape policy and support consumer health decisions; monitor the actions of Federal regulatory and funding agencies, the health care industry, and the health professions; identify and expose health care abuses; and mobilize grassroots action for women’s health.
Thistle Farms Thistle Farms is a nonprofit social enterprise dedicated to helping women survivors recover and heal from prostitution, trafficking, and addiction. Program provides a safe place to live, a meaningful job, and a lifelong sisterhood of support.
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Located in Tennessee.