Since 1981, East Bay Center, Inc. has provided quality mental health and substance abuse programs in the East Bay region of Rhode Island (East Providence, Barrington, Bristol, and Warren). We offer a full continuum of community-based outpatient behavioral health treatment and prevention services to adults, children, and families.

 LICENSING
The Center is licensed by the Rhode Island Department of Mental Health, Retardation, and Hospitals (MHRH) to provide outpatient mental health and substance abuse services, as well as residential mental health rehabilitation programs. The Center is certified by the Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) to provide Children Intensive Services (CIS).

 ACCREDITATION
The Center has been nationally accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) since 1996.

 FUNDING
As a private, non-profit corporation, East Bay Center is financially supported in several ways:

• Contracts with the Rhode Island Department of Mental Health, Retardation, and Hospitals (MHRH)
• Matching-grant funds from MHRH
• Contracts with the Rhode Island Department for Children and Their Families (DCYF)
• Appropriations from East Providence, Barrington, Warren, and Bristol
• Grants and contracts for specific programs
• First- and third-party payments
• Annual major fund-raising event
• Donations

 OUR TRACK RECORD