Senior Centers in Rhode Island
Senior centers are the local front door to services for older adults: a daily meal, rides, exercise and social programs, benefits counseling and a staff person who knows every program in the area. Most are run by the town or a nonprofit and are free or low cost for anyone 60 and over. In Rhode Island they work alongside the Area Agency on Aging, which funds many of their meal and transportation programs.
Who pays
Town budgets, Older Americans Act funds through the Area Agency on Aging, state grants and donations. Programs are free or ask a small donation.
How to choose
Use the one nearest home; nothing stops you from using another town's. Call, ask for the director or outreach worker, and describe the situation. If the center is closed the day you call, the Area Agency on Aging answers the same questions.
Senior center by town
Each town page lists every senior center that serves it, sorted by distance. The towns with the most options:
- Providence 4
- Barrington 1
- Bristol 1
- Charlestown 1
- Coventry 1
- Cranston 1
- Cumberland 1
- East Greenwich 1
- East Providence 1
- Glocester 1
- Hopkinton 1
- Jamestown 1
- Johnston 1
- Lincoln 1
- Middletown 1
- Narragansett 1
- Newport 1
- North Kingstown 1
- North Providence 1
- Pawtucket 1
- Portsmouth 1
- Richmond 1
- Scituate 1
- Smithfield 1
- South Kingstown 1
- Tiverton 1
- Warren 1
- Warwick 1
- West Warwick 1
- Westerly 1
- Woonsocket 1
Every town has a page; find yours through its county or the search box.
All senior center providers by county
Bristol County 3
- Barrington Senior Center, Barrington · (401) 247-1926
- Benjamin Church Senior Center, Bristol · (401) 253-8458
- Warren Senior Center, Warren · (401) 247-1930
Kent County 4
- Coventry Senior Center, Coventry · (401) 822-9175
- East Greenwich Senior and Human Services, East Greenwich · (401) 886-8669
- Pilgrim Senior Center, Warwick · (401) 468-4090
- West Warwick Senior Center, West Warwick · (401) 822-4450
Newport County 5
- Edward King House, Newport · (401) 846-7426
- Jamestown Senior Center, Jamestown · (401) 423-9804
- Middletown Senior Center, Middletown · (401) 849-8823
- Portsmouth Senior Center, Portsmouth · (401) 683-4106
- Tiverton Senior Center, Tiverton · (401) 625-6790
Providence County 15
- Capital Cities Community Center, Providence · (401) 455-3888
- Cranston Senior Services, Cranston · (401) 780-6180
- Cumberland Senior Center, Cumberland · (401) 334-2555
- DaVinci Center, Providence · (401) 272-7474
- East Providence Senior Center, East Providence · (401) 435-7800
- Federal Hill House, Providence · (401) 421-4722
- Fox Point Senior Center, Providence · (401) 751-2217
- Glocester Senior Center, Chepachet · (401) 568-6206
- Johnston Senior Center, Johnston · (401) 944-3343
- Leon Mathieu Center (Pawtucket), Pawtucket · (401) 728-7582
- Lincoln Senior Center, Lincoln · (401) 753-7000
- North Providence Mancini Center, North Providence · (401) 231-0742
- Scituate Senior Center, North Scituate · (401) 647-2662
- Smithfield Senior Center, Smithfield · (401) 949-4590
- Woonsocket Senior Services, Woonsocket · (401) 766-3734
Washington County 7
- Beechwood House (North Kingstown), North Kingstown · (401) 268-1593
- Charlestown Senior Center, Charlestown · (401) 364-9955
- Hopkinton Senior Services, Crandall House, Ashaway · (401) 377-7795
- Narragansett Community Center, Narragansett · (401) 782-0675
- Richmond Community/Senior Center, Wyoming
- The Center (South Kingstown), Wakefield · (401) 789-0268
- Westerly Senior Center, Westerly · (401) 596-2404