Social Services

19 Broadway
Newport, RI 02840
Telephone: (401) 847-7821
Services Available: Monday thru Friday

Satellite Office Location:
East Bay Community Action Program Tiverton Center
1048 Stafford Road
Tiverton, RI 02878
Telephone: (401) 625-5134
Services Available: Tuesday and Thursday

Health Advocacy Services are available for families residing in the Sullivan School neighborhood in Newport in collaboration with the Sullivan School Family Center.

Family Services Coordinators are in all elementary schools in the City of Newport offering social services case management, literacy activities and other activities to promote positive family/school interactions.

Community and Supportive Services Program/Hope VI Initiative-East Bay Community Action Program provides case management services to residents of the Newport Housing Authority that reside in the new Newport Heights housing development. This program focuses on economic self-sufficiency.

Lead Education and Outreach services are provided to tenants and landlords in need of information regarding lead safety and lead abatement, RIHMFC loans for lead abatement.
Contact: Luana Cherenzia (401) 847-7821, x204

Eligibility: All Newport County residents for Basic Human Needs

Contact: Lily Ramey
Safety Net Advocate
Telephone: (401) 848-6697, x 212

Margo Pires
Social Services Coordinator and Health Advocate/Sullivan
School Neighborhood
Telephone: (401) 848-6697, x202