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 Mar 25, 2025
Albion 1 Providence Mar 28, 2025
Ashaway 1 Washington Mar 26, 2025
Barrington 1 Bristol Mar 26, 2025
Block Island 4 Washington Mar 26, 2025
Bradford 1 Washington Mar 26, 2025
Bristol 1 1 Bristol
Mar 26, 2025
Burrillville 1 Providence Mar 26, 2025
Carolina 3 Washington Mar 26, 2025
Central Falls 15 Providence Mar 27, 2025
Charlestown 3 Washington Mar 25, 2025
Chepachet 1 Providence Mar 26, 2025
Clayville 1 Providence Mar 26, 2025
Coventry 1 Kent Mar 25, 2025
Cranston 2 1 Providence
Mar 26, 2025
Cumberland 16 Providence Mar 25, 2025
East Greenwich 1 Kent Mar 26, 2025
East Providence 14 2 Providence
Mar 25, 2025
Exeter 1 Washington Mar 26, 2025
Fiskeville 1 Providence Apr 1, 2025
Forestdale 1 Providence Mar 26, 2025
Foster 1 Providence Mar 27, 2025
Glendale 1 Providence Mar 25, 2025
Glocester 1 Providence Mar 26, 2025
Greene 1 Kent Apr 1, 2025
Greenville 13 Providence Mar 25, 2025
Harmony 17 Providence Mar 26, 2025
Harrisville 1 Providence Mar 26, 2025
Hope 12 Providence Mar 27, 2025
Hope Valley 1 Washington Mar 27, 2025
Hopkinton 1 Washington Mar 26, 2025
Jamestown 3 Newport Mar 26, 2025
Johnston 15 Providence Mar 26, 2025
Kenyon 3 Washington Mar 26, 2025
Kingston 3 Washington Mar 26, 2025
Lincoln 2 Providence Mar 25, 2025
Little Compton 1 Newport Mar 25, 2025
Manville 1 Providence Mar 26, 2025
Mapleville 1 Providence Mar 26, 2025
Middletown 1 3 Newport
Mar 26, 2025
Narragansett 1 3 Washington
Mar 27, 2025
New Shoreham 4 Washington Mar 27, 2025
Newport 3 1 Newport
Mar 25, 2025
North Kingstown 1 Washington Mar 26, 2025
North Providence 2 Providence Mar 26, 2025
North Scituate 14 Providence Mar 25, 2025
North Smithfield 1 Providence Mar 26, 2025
Oakland 1 Providence Mar 26, 2025
Pascoag 1 Providence Mar 26, 2025
Pawtucket 1 17 Providence
Mar 25, 2025
Peace Dale 2 1 Washington
Mar 26, 2025
Portsmouth 2 Newport Mar 26, 2025
Providence 12 Providence Mar 26, 2025
Prudence Island 1 Bristol Mar 26, 2025
Richmond 2 Washington Mar 26, 2025
Riverside 1 Providence Mar 25, 2025
Rockville 1 Washington Mar 26, 2025
Rumford 1 Providence Mar 26, 2025
Saunderstown 6 Washington Mar 26, 2025
Scituate 1 Providence Mar 27, 2025
Shannock 3 Washington Apr 1, 2025
Slatersville 1 Providence Mar 26, 2025
Slocum 4 Washington Mar 26, 2025
Smithfield 11 Providence Mar 26, 2025
South Kingstown 3 Washington Mar 26, 2025
Tiverton 1 Newport Mar 26, 2025
Wakefield 1 2 Washington
Mar 26, 2025
Warren 1 Bristol Mar 26, 2025
Warwick 2 3 Kent
Mar 28, 2025
West Greenwich 1 Kent Mar 26, 2025
West Kingston 3 Washington Mar 27, 2025
West Warwick 1 3 Kent
Mar 26, 2025
Westerly 1 2 Washington
Mar 25, 2025
Wood River Junction 1 Washington Mar 26, 2025
Woonsocket 1 1 Providence
Apr 1, 2025
Wyoming 3 Washington Mar 27, 2025

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