Lifespan Community Health Services

Lifespan Community Health Services is your source for better health in Rhode Island and its surrounding communities. Our mission is to develop, implement and evaluate initiatives to improve the health status of the people in Rhode Island and southern New England.

Lifespan coordinates hundreds of programs, events and community service activities that serve between 25,000 and 30,000 southern New Englanders annually. Programs are provided through Lifespan's partner hospitals and are often offered free or at a reduced cost to the community.

Read our mission.

Examples of some community programs and events sponsored or supported by Lifespan Community Health Services include: 

• "Buckle Up" Seat Belt program
• Statewide Trigger Lock distribution
• Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) distribution
• "Paths to Health" community walking paths
• "Partners in Education" 
• National Cancer Survivors Day
• Statewide health fairs

Specific programs include:

• Community programs
• Family programs
• Educational programs
• Support groups
• Minority health articles