Benefits Hub

For students who are struggling with mid day meals. Students may use their student ID card to purchase meals on any one of our campus cafeterias.

Please email [email protected] with your legal first and last name as well as your student ID number.

For students in need of food support outside of school. Please fill out the form below:

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• Find food pantries in your community: https://rifoodbank.org/find-food/
• Get groceries once a week for $6: https://projecthandup.net/#home
• Apply for SNAP (food stamp) benefits by emailing [email protected] or https://dhs.ri.gov/programs-and-services/supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-snap/supplemental-nutrition
• Free hot breakfast and/or lunch: https://amoshouse.com/
• Free meals: https://mcauleyri.org/mcauley-house/

• If you are currently homeless or within 14 days of being so: 401-277-4316 https://www.cesri.info
• Recovery Housing:  https://www.ribhopenbeds.org/recovery-housing#:~:text=Please%20contact%20the%20Certified%20Recovery,942%2DSTOP%20(7867).&text=Hope%20Recovery%20Network%20Inc.,-Recovery%20Housing%20(Men
• Student Rentals:
  • http://www.ristudentrentals.com/
  • https://www.foundstudy.com/providence
  • https://the02908club.com/

• Low Income Heating Assistance Program, Household Water Assistance Program, Weatherization Program, Lead Abatement Program - The local Community Action Agency in your area of the state:
  • Blackstone Valley Community Action Agency: http://bvcap.org/energy-weatherization/
  • Community Action Partnership of Providence County: https://cappri.org/
  • Community Care Alliance (Woonsocket): https://www.communitycareri.org/ProgramsServices/BasicNeedsAssistance.aspx
  • Comprehensive Community Action Program (Cranston and beyond): https://www.comcap.org/services/food-housing/#energy-assistance
  • Westbay Community Action: https://westbaycap.org/programs/#home-and-utilities
  • Eastbay Community Action: https://www.ebcap.org/programs/heating-and-energy/
  • Tri-Town Community Action Agency (Northern and Southern): https://www.tricountyri.org/services/fuel-assistance-weatherization/

• Health Insurance: https://healthyrhode.ri.gov/
• Healthcare for the uninsured:
  • RI Free Clinic: (401) 274-6347, [email protected]
  • Clinica Esperanza: https://www.aplacetobehealthy.org/
• CCRI Student MH Counseling (24/7): https://www.ccri.edu/wellness/myssp-student.html
• Crisis MH (24/7) – BH Link: (401) 414-5465
• Suicide Prevention Hotline (24/7): 1-800-273-8255
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): https://nami.org
• The Providence Center: https://www.providencecenter.org/

• Childcare Assistance Program (CCAP): https://dhs.ri.gov/programs-and-services/child-care/child-care-assistance-program-ccap-head-start/ccap-family
• State approved childcare centers: https://earlylearningprograms.dhs.ri.gov/
• RI Parent Information Network: https://ripin.org/
• Parent Support Network of RI: 401-467-6855, https://psnri.org/
• Project Undercover (free diapers and socks): (401) 773-4250, [email protected]

• CCRI The Tutoring Center: https://www.ccri.edu/success/
• Laptop, iPad, and Hot Spot loans: https://www.ccri.edu/library/about/laptops.html

• CCRI Financial Aid: https://www.ccri.edu/onestop/fa/
• Educational Opportunity Center (EOC): https://www.ccri.edu/eoc/
• Grants and Scholarships:
  • CCRI Foundation: https://ccri.awardspring.com/
  • RI Foundation: https://rifoundation.org/grants-scholarships/browse-scholarships

• Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-494-8100
• Sexual Assault: https://dayoneri.org/
• RI Legal Services: https://www.rils.org/
• RI Tenant-Landlord Handbook: https://housing.ri.gov/data-reports/2024-landlord-tenant-handbook-update
• American Civil Liberties Union: https://www.riaclu.org/
• RI Human Rights Commission: http://www.richr.ri.gov/
• RI Bar Association Lawyer Referral: https://ribar.com/for-the-public/

• Refugees and Immigrants
  • Refugee Assistance Program: https://dhs.ri.gov/programs-and-services/refugee-assistance-program
  • Dorcas International Institute: https://www.diiri.org/
  • A Hope: https://www.ahoperi.com/
  • Higher Ground International: https://highergroundintl.org/
  • Refugee Dream Center: https://www.refugeedreamcenter.org/elementor-2556/
  • Women’s Refugee Care: https://www.womensrefugeecare.org/
  • Center for Southeast Asians: https://cseari.org/
  • Progreso Latino: https://progresolatino.org/
• LGBTQIA++
  • TGI Network of Rhode Island: https://www.tginetwork.org/
  • Youth Pride: https://www.youthprideri.org/
  • The RI LGBT Center: https://www.facebook.com/RILGBTCenter