2025 BlueAngel Community Health grantees
Child & Family Services of Newport County – Child & Family’s Supportive Housing Program in Newport provides safe, secure housing to homeless families that come from throughout the state. Through participation in this program, parents are provided with wraparound case management and access to a continuum of care that provides the resources necessary for them to secure permanent housing and improve the overall health and well-being of their families.
Foster Forward – Utilizing a Housing First approach to house youth/young adults ages 18 to 24 who are experiencing housing instability and homelessness and are at-risk of system involvement. The grant will fund the Your Way Home program, a short-term crisis intervention that provides rental assistance and case management services.
House of Hope CDC – Preserve and upgrade 20 units of existing permanent affordable housing units in Warwick for men, women, and children and, in collaboration with Amenity Aid, promote community health through the distribution of hygiene supplies across the state. House of Hope CDC Street outreach teams will use the hygiene kits as a trust-building engagement tool.
Project Weber/RENEW – Supports housing for people who have substance use disorder and people in early recovery, including assistance with expungement of criminal records and advocacy and education at the state level on policies and practices around Housing First and harm reduction models.
Rhode Island Center for Justice – Partner with Providence Community Health Centers to support the housing stability of more than 1,700 low-income patients through a holistic approach that addresses health care, employment, and education and provides assistance applying for services.
Rhode Island Legal Services – Implement a program to provide legal assistance to low-income families without utilities or facing utility termination. Utility terminations threaten the health and safety of residents and can result in eviction. This program complements the organization’s Housing Stability Project.
Society of St. Vincent de Paul Rhode Island – Establish the Healthy Havens of Hope project to offer 50 vulnerable Rhode Island families rental and housing assistance, personal hygiene items, and home essentials.
Thundermist Healthcare Center – Housing support specialists work in partnership with people who are or are in danger of becoming unhoused, to build resources that promote independence, ensure that they can meet the obligations of tenancy, and successfully obtain and maintain housing. Specialists guide patients through paperwork and connect them to resources for legal and financial support to gain or retain permanent housing.
WARM Center – With 35 years’ experience providing services to unhoused and marginalized Rhode Islanders, the center plans to redevelop 58 Spruce St., creating two three-bedroom apartments for transitional housing for families.
Women's Resource Center – Provide rent and utility assistance and wraparound services for the residents of two transitional housing units dedicated to survivors of domestic violence.