Everyone needs a little helping hand from time to time. If you, or someone you know, needs nutritional assistance, CCAP’s Food Bank can help! According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), 12 percent of Rhode Islanders, 51,000 households, are food insecure, meaning they are often unsure where their next meal will come from due to lack of resources. The most severe...

Effective Monday, March 27, 2017, CCAP’s Kent County Youth Center will be be relocated to COWESETT PLAZA, #15/16, 289 COWESETT AVENUE,WEST WARWICK, RI 02893 – 401-732-5562. This office is located on RIPTA bus route # 29/Kent County. OFFICE HOURS • MON, WED, FRI, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM • TUES, THURS, 8:30 AM – 6 PM The Kent Couty Youth Center provides FREE:•...

Prom Time is a program in which donated prom dresses, tuxedos and accessories are offered FREE OF CHARGE to teens in CCAP’s Youth Center Programs. CCAP’s Operation Prom Dress has over400 new or gently used dresses and a limited number of tuxedos (various sizes), along with accessories for Prom Time. Dresses and tuxedos are available on a first-come, first-served basis and you must...

RIers to Rally to Help Save Our Health Care JOHNSTON, RI – This weekend, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representatives Jim Langevin and David Cicilline will join with Rhode Island workers, seniors, families, and health experts for a rally to prevent the dismantling of America’s health care system and the rush to gut the Affordable Care Act. The members of...

Toys, books and new bikes will be on the wish list of many children this holiday, but for thousands of Rhode Island families, their children’s wishes can only be fulfilled with the generosity of individual and business donors. The CCAP Adopt-a-Family and Giving Tree Programs are now underway to match generous individuals and organizations with families in need. We provide you with a...

OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE 1000 FOOD BASKETS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON! Each month CCAP serves over 600 families in need at our Food Bank and we are seeing more and more families having trouble making ends meet and are unable to purchase needed food. The families we serve have lost their jobs, suffered an illness, or a different type of crisis, usually through no fault of their own. Extra food for the...

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