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    COLLABORATION • ADVOCACY • TRAINING

    Strengthening mental health, substance use care, and workforce training across Rhode Island

    SUMHLC brings together the state's community-based providers to coordinate care, advocate for the people they serve, and train the workforce that makes recovery possible.

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    • Our network

      46member organizations

      Providers and partners serving communities across Rhode Island.

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      Best Practices in Clinical Documentation

      Friday, November 13, 2026 · 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM ET

      • Live on Zoom
      • 2 accredited CEUs
    • Bed tracker

      82open beds

      At 15 residential, detox and inpatient programs across Rhode Island.

      Updated Oct 30, 1:55 PM ET

    Find resources and support

    One search covers every resource on this site, from food, housing and shelter to treatment, rides to appointments, support groups and more.

    member organizations
    46
    courses offered
    100+
    professionals trained each year
    1,500
    continuing education hours delivered
    3,000+
    boards that approve our CE credits
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    What we do

    Driven by the needs of the clients and communities our members serve

    • Collaboration

      We connect Rhode Island's community-based mental health and substance use providers so they can coordinate care, share what works and solve problems together.

      Meet our members
    • Advocacy & Members

      We speak up at the State House for fair rates, sustainable funding and policies that protect access to care — and keep members ahead of legislative change.

      See the bills we're tracking
    • Training

      Through TRAIN ED we deliver live, accredited continuing education that helps clinicians keep their licenses and grow their skills.

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    Behavioral health leaders across Rhode Island

    Our 46 member organizations provide care in communities across the state.

    Meet our members
    • Acadia Healthcare Comprehensive Treatment Center
    • AdCare Rhode Island
    • Addiction Recovery Institute
    • BHG Behavioral Health Group
    • Blackstone Valley Prevention Coalition
    • Bridgemark, Inc.
    • Brisan Recovery Support Services
    • Building Futures Rhode Island
    • C3 for Wellbeing
    • Child & Family
    • CODAC Behavioral Healthcare
    • Community Care Alliance
    • Comprehensive Community Action Program (CCAP)
    • East Bay Community Action Program / East Bay Center
    • Ellie Mental Health
    • Elwyn / Fellowship Health Resources
    • Family Service of Rhode Island
    • Gateway Healthcare
    • Healthy Living in Recovery
    • Hilb Group
    • Hope Recovery Support LLC.
    • International Union of Operating Engineers Local 57
    • Ironworkers Local 37
    • MAP Behavioral Health Services
    • Monarch
    • Newport Mental Health
    • Occupational and Environmental Health Center of Rhode Island
    • Parent Support Network of Rhode Island
    • Problem Gambling Services
    • Revive Therapeutic Services
    • Rhode Island Dental Association
    • Rhode Island Department of Health, Center for Health Promotion
    • RI Communities for Addiction Recovery Efforts (RICARES)
    • SSTAR of RI / SSTARbirth
    • The Galilee Mission
    • The Providence Center
    • THRIVE Behavioral Health
    • Tides Family Services
    • Tri-County Community Action Agency
    • UA Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 51
    • Uncornered, Inc.
    • VICTA
    • Wood River Health Services
    • Youth Pride Inc.
    • Zinnia Health

    Member spotlight November 2026

    Building Futures Rhode Island logo

    Building Futures Rhode Island

    Building Careers, Changing Futures, Saving Lives

    • Pre-Apprenticeship
    • Workforce Development
    • Recovery Support
    • Suicide Prevention

    For more than two decades, Building Futures has opened pathways into the skilled trades through a five-week, hands-on pre-apprenticeship program and registered apprenticeships, placing more than 500 people in construction careers. Its We've Got Your Back initiative, led by Recovery Director Michael Currier, brings confidential mental health, substance use and suicide prevention support directly to jobsites and union halls.

    TRAIN ED

    Upcoming trainings

    Live online continuing education, nationally approved by NBCC and NAADAC, and in Rhode Island by NASW-RI, the RI Certification Board and RIMHCA.
    Full schedule

    Membership

    Join Rhode Island's behavioral health network

    Stay ahead of policy and funding changes, grow professionally and connect with peers across the state.
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    • Full Board Membership

      Behavioral health provider organizations

      Dues are tiered by annual revenue.

      Voting board seat

    • Associate Membership

      Partner organizations, unions, businesses and allied services

      $1,150 per year

    • Single Membership

      Individual professionals and small private practices

      $300 per year

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    Donations fund training for the behavioral health workforce, advocacy for community-based care, and resources for people seeking help. Your contribution is tax-deductible.

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    Substance Use and Mental Health Leadership Council of Rhode Island
    15 Messenger Drive, 1st Floor
    Warwick, RI 02888