• DataSpark: Maps, infographics, and reports on issues United Way cares about. Go here before you re-create the wheel, or if you need some already processed data.
• RI DataHub (run by DataSpark): Data stories, data reports, and even a data catalog with info on adult education, housing, workforce, health, etc. 
• RI Community Profiles: Information about each of Rhode Island’s 39 cities and towns.

• Rhode Island KIDS COUNT:
  Produces a comprehensive report that assesses child well-being in Rhode Island. 
• Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP): Reports on CCAP impact, etc. 
• Rhode Island Afterschool Network: Professional development and practice information for youth-serving professionals. 

Free Training for Caregivers Hosted by CCRI Nursing Respite Team 

- Free Group Respite Program Hosted By URI Nursing Respite Team - Care for individuals of all ages with special needs or requiring age-related assistance. (

-More Lifespan Respite Resources for Caregivers. If you take care of a loved one, you are not alone.

• Rhode Island Department of Health’s Data Bank 

• Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training: Data on wage rates and other labor stats.
• Economic Progress Institute: A go-to source for expert information on budget and policy issues impacting the economic well-being of Rhode Islanders.
• Latino Policy Institute: Studies that investigate issue areas impacting the Latino community and, in some cases, Rhode Island’s broader communities of color. 

• University of Rhode Island Feinstein Center for a Hunger Free America’s Hunger and Poverty Facts: Data and research on food insecurity and SNAP in Rhode Island. 
• Rhode Island Food Bank Status Report on Hunger: National and local data on food insecurity (runs one year behind).

• HousingWorks RI: Online factbook, as well as information about housing trends, housing in Rhode Island’s cities and towns, affordable housing, and housing and the Affordable Care Act.

• American Community Survey by the United States Census Bureau: Broad range of data, both raw and processed, about Rhode Island and its various communities. (Many research and data entities use the ACS data as the basis of their work.)
• Brookings Institute: Wide array of materials from international to local; focuses largely on economics, cities, and policy. 
• Pew Research Center: Research on numerous social issues. (This is a great place to begin the hunt for research and data on nearly any social topic.)
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: Data on the United States and countries all over the world with particular indicators on demographics, debt, environmental issues, and much more.

• Racial Equity Tools: Tools, research, tips, curricula and ideas for people who want to increase their understanding and help those working toward justice at the organizational and systemic levels.
• National Equity Atlas: Detailed report card on racial and economic equity.
• US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health Policy and Data 
• Loving Cities Index: Schott Foundation for Public Education dashboard on supports that provide children the opportunity to learn (Providence profile).
• Race in America 2019 (Pew Research Center)