FOOD SECURITY
Downtown Food Pantry (Est. 1974)
Serving all of the greater Providence area, guests can access the Pantry twice a month and shop from the shelves for the food they choose to eat (“client choice”).
Food Pantry located at 15 Hayes Street in the Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Providence and is open to guests from 9am to 1 pm Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Please bring your own bags and have a mask available.
Better Lives RI serves over 4500 people monthly with this service.
Friday Night Community Meal for the Homeless (Est. 1979)
Guests are served a sit-down dinner by volunteers with care and respect. In addition to the meal, we offer programming nearly every week geared to our guests. Programs include a free legal clinic monthly; health screenings; flu shots, and outreach by health care providers and SNAP
Friday Night Meal Site hours: doors open at 3pm; meal is served from 4-5:30pm. Located at 134 Mathewson St downtown.
Better Lives RI feeds between 50-75 people weekly.
HOMELESSNESS
Homeless Outreach Program (Est. 2004)
Started by a homeless volunteer, he applied best practices of agencies he had once utilized himself and developed this program into the largest provider of intensive case management in the Downtown. We are client centered working with the most marginalized in the city: The newly and chronically homeless People with physical and mental disabilities Prisoners upon release Those suffering from addictions and in recovery. We empower our guests to meet their self-stated goals which include housing, access to health care, benefits, jobs, etc. Our basic needs items include clothing, use of the address, toiletries and photo ID’s. The most important thing we offer is hope and someone who will listen.
Homeless Outreach Program is open Monday through Friday from 9am to 4:30pm by appointment only.
Walk-ins are welcome for Photo ID voucher and mail pick up on Wednesdays, 1pm to 3pm.
Located at 15 Hayes Street, Providence
HOPE & SUPPORT
Intensive Case Management
We give people hope and help them build their own support system with intensive case management to facilitate their success.
For more information on BLRI policies related to clients’ rights, please see here.
