Rhode Island Homeless Shelters

The most complete list of shelters in Rhode Island. The shelters listed below are emergency shelters but many are general homeless shelters or transitional housing opportunities. Please note that many of these facilites have waiting lists (some are very long). Please call ahead to check availability first.

City in City Nearby County Last Update
Adamsville 1 Newport May 10, 2025
Albion 1 Providence May 5, 2025
Ashaway 1 Washington May 9, 2025
Barrington 1 Bristol May 7, 2025
Block Island 4 Washington May 6, 2025
Bradford 1 Washington May 12, 2025
Bristol 1 1 Bristol
May 7, 2025
Burrillville 1 Providence May 5, 2025
Carolina 3 Washington May 5, 2025
Central Falls 15 Providence May 12, 2025
Charlestown 3 Washington May 9, 2025
Chepachet 1 Providence May 12, 2025
Clayville 1 Providence May 6, 2025
Coventry 1 Kent May 7, 2025
Cranston 2 1 Providence
May 12, 2025
Cumberland 16 Providence May 6, 2025
East Greenwich 1 Kent May 6, 2025
East Providence 14 2 Providence
May 6, 2025
Exeter 1 Washington May 6, 2025
Fiskeville 1 Providence May 6, 2025
Forestdale 1 Providence May 6, 2025
Foster 1 Providence May 6, 2025
Glendale 1 Providence May 7, 2025
Glocester 1 Providence May 6, 2025
Greene 1 Kent May 12, 2025
Greenville 13 Providence May 6, 2025
Harmony 17 Providence May 5, 2025
Harrisville 1 Providence May 5, 2025
Hope 12 Providence May 12, 2025
Hope Valley 1 Washington May 5, 2025
Hopkinton 1 Washington May 6, 2025
Jamestown 3 Newport May 8, 2025
Johnston 15 Providence May 6, 2025
Kenyon 3 Washington May 5, 2025
Kingston 3 Washington May 8, 2025
Lincoln 2 Providence May 6, 2025
Little Compton 1 Newport May 10, 2025
Manville 1 Providence May 6, 2025
Mapleville 1 Providence May 5, 2025
Middletown 1 3 Newport
May 6, 2025
Narragansett 1 3 Washington
May 7, 2025
New Shoreham 4 Washington May 7, 2025
Newport 3 1 Newport
May 6, 2025
North Kingstown 1 Washington May 6, 2025
North Providence 2 Providence May 6, 2025
North Scituate 14 Providence May 6, 2025
North Smithfield 1 Providence May 6, 2025
Oakland 1 Providence May 5, 2025
Pascoag 1 Providence May 6, 2025
Pawtucket 1 17 Providence
May 6, 2025
Peace Dale 2 1 Washington
May 5, 2025
Portsmouth 2 Newport May 6, 2025
Providence 12 Providence May 6, 2025
Prudence Island 1 Bristol May 6, 2025
Richmond 2 Washington May 7, 2025
Riverside 1 Providence May 12, 2025
Rockville 1 Washington May 9, 2025
Rumford 1 Providence May 6, 2025
Saunderstown 6 Washington May 6, 2025
Scituate 1 Providence May 9, 2025
Shannock 3 Washington May 7, 2025
Slatersville 1 Providence May 8, 2025
Slocum 4 Washington May 5, 2025
Smithfield 11 Providence May 6, 2025
South Kingstown 3 Washington May 6, 2025
Tiverton 1 Newport May 6, 2025
Wakefield 1 2 Washington
May 12, 2025
Warren 1 Bristol May 6, 2025
Warwick 2 3 Kent
May 5, 2025
West Greenwich 1 Kent May 5, 2025
West Kingston 3 Washington May 6, 2025
West Warwick 1 3 Kent
May 6, 2025
Westerly 1 2 Washington
May 7, 2025
Wood River Junction 1 Washington May 7, 2025
Woonsocket 1 1 Providence
May 7, 2025
Wyoming 3 Washington May 6, 2025

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