About Us

NRI Community Services, a non-profit, licensed behavioral healthcare agency in Rhode Island, was founded in 1966. Last year we served over 3700 individuals, assisting them with mental health, behavioral, emotional and substance abuse issues.

Caring for Community Means...

"Caring for Community" is embedded in our logo. For us, that means helping clients become healthier, more self reliant and better informed about the causes, symptoms and treatments of the illnesses they are experiencing. Because mental illness, substance abuse and addictions affect just about everyone — people like you, your neighbors and your friends — the work that we do impacts the community in many important ways.

For example, we provide 24/7 emergency services to any resident who calls, we educate and mentor children at risk, we provide critical incident debriefing services to police officers who often encounter individuals in crisis. We advocate for elders to improve their quality of life, we provide daily support to disabled women in one of our supervised residences, and we assist a client in finding affordable housing, a job or other services.

Promoting Recovery & Wellness

NRICS puts the needs of those we serve at the forefront in our approach to treatment. All our clients are full partners with a team of professionals who respect their choices and help them develop their goals. We prioritize home and community-based services, we focus on instilling hope, fostering self-help and reducing the risk of relapse. We also provide in-home and in-office services for those in need of support through trying times.

Attending to Health, Housing & Job Needs

All services are family-focused and address the physical, financial and housing needs of people as well as their behavioral health needs. We do this by: developing safe, affordable housing options; offering therapy and groups that promote self-help, wellness and peer support; providing job training and placement services, and by coordinating care with healthcare providers.

In the Community

Beyond the mental health treatment that we provide, we step out into the community as educators, advocates, and consultants. For example, at NRICS we are committed to helping reduce community violence by providing interventions that reduce community violence, juvenile delinquency, and criminal justice involvement. By intervening with those exposed to violence, we create safer communities.

We provide education about mental illness and addictions, specialized training, risk assessment, and worksite analysis to other agencies and municipalities. We also provide technical assistance, consultation and training to numerous organizations on a wide-range of topics.

NRI Community Services cares for the community and cares about you.

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