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Telecare Providers
Phone Reassurance Providers and Funding Sources
State Of Rhode Island
The following is a list of Rhode Island private organizations or state agencies that provide grants and funding for community programs. Also, we have listed automated and volunteer based programs that we found in the state of Rhode Island.
DSC provides a Telephone Reassurance phone system that automatically calls elderly households checking to ensure they are OK. DSC also provides individual calling services for home alone children.
There are many communities that provide telephone reassurance programs (both volunteer based or automatic calling programs). These communities also refer to their programs as "Are You OK?"® and RUOK.*
Contact DSC to learn more about our automated phone systems. DSC welcomes the opportunity to discuss our telephone reassurance program and services. Also, if you are a Rhode Island based community and/or organization that provides a Telephone Reassurance program and would like to be listed here, please feel free to contact us.
Rhode Island Automated Telephone Reassurance Providers
The following organizations provide Telecare programs for the elderly within their Rhode Island communities. These programs are both automated or volunteer based community services.
- Cumberland Police Department - Cumberland, Rhode Island (401) 333-2500
- Smithfield Police Department - Smithfield, Rhode Island (401) 231-2500
Rhode Island Volunteer Telecare Providers
- Child & Family Services of Newport - Newport, Rhode Island (401) 848-4120
- Mount Hope Volunteer Caregivers - Middletown, Rhode Island (401) 435-7876
- Seniors Helping Others Caregiver Program - Wakefield, Rhode Island (401) 789-2362 ext. 106
- Home Help Ministries - Woonsocket, Rhode Island (401) 766-2300
- Westbay Caregivers - Warwick, Rhode Island (401) 732-7870 ext. 107
State Of Rhode Island Potential Funding Resources
The following private and public groups are potential providers of funding for phone reassurance programs in Rhode Island communities.
To obtain current information about specific Rhode Island agencies and foundations that provide funding for phone reassurance commonly referred to by many community organizations as RUOK programs or Telephone Reassurance programs, please contact the respective grant provider listed below..
Note: DSC obtained the following names of foundations from public records. There is no assurance that these foundations provide funding for your specific telephone reassurance program or community notification system.
This information is provided to help you research funding for your project using community grants.
The Rhode Island Foundation
Bafflin Foundation
The Champlin Foundations
The Ensworth Charitable Foundation
Dorot Foundation
Charles E. & Caroline J. Adams Trust
Rhoda M. Hellmann Trust f/b/o American Cancer Society, et al.
Rhoda M. Hellmann Trust - Sibella Hellmann Fund
The Carter Family Charitable Trust
Amica Companies Foundation
van Beuren Charitable Foundation, Inc.
John S. & Sarah C. Elliot Charitable Trust
Harry Alan Gregg, Jr. Family Foundation, Inc.
Henry C. Lord Scholarship Fund Trust
The Hassenfeld Foundation
Alvah N. Belding Fund
Iorio Family Foundation
Citizens Charitable Foundation
The Alperin/Hirsch Family Foundation
CVS Charitable Trust, Inc.
Helen Wade Greene Charitable Trust
The Thomas J. Watson Fellowship Program
Clara Endicott Sears Trust
McAdams Charitable Foundation
Marion Gardner Jackson Charitable Trust
The Feinstein Foundation, Inc.
E. Griswold Trust f/b/o E. Boyer College of Music of Temple University
The Citizens Bank Mid-Atlantic Charitable Foundation
The Frank Loomis Palmer Fund
Shaw's Supermarket Charitable Foundation
Hasbro Charitable Trust, Inc.
Edward S. Barton Trust
FM Global Foundation
Ida Ballou Littlefield Memorial Trust
Shriners of Rhode Island Charities Trust
Frank R. Peters Trust
E. P. Binney Charitable Fund
Roosa Family Foundation Trust
The Chace Fund, Inc.
The Harold Brooks Foundation
* "Are You OK?"® and RUOK® are registered names of Northland Innovation Corporation. The terms "RUOK" and "Telephone Reassurance" are commonly used on many community websites that offer both automated and volunteer based telephone reassurance programs.
For a comparison with our CARE system, please visit our RUOK vs CARE web page.
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