Counselors Region 1 - Providence Supervisor Teresa Scaramuzzo-DiMattia 401-787-4439 [email protected] Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Paula Berard VRC II Area: #05 486-0271 Email: [email protected] Assignment Providence School System (including Classical, Hope, Mount Pleasant, Birch,Pais/Health Science/Cooley, Tides School, Training School, Sargent Center School, Harmony Hill School, Spurwink School) Providence Intake (as needed) Liaison Providence Transition Academy Providence Center School Providence Transition Advisory Committee Rhode Island College Liaison DDU/SSI/SSDI Liaison Project Search Liaison Project Work Liaison DCYF Liaison Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Rosemarie Aponte VRC I Area: #15 486-0244 Email: [email protected] Assignment Providence Intake International Institute Hi-Tep Urban League Spanish RIWorks Liaison Providence DHS RIWorks Liaison Southeast Asian Liaison Providence/Cranston NetWORKri Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Rebecca Dine-Nyeswa VRC I Area: #19 871-0130 Email: [email protected] Assignment Providence Intake Salvation Army House of Hope Crossroads Liaison Providence ATR Providence Re-entry Council Liaison Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Karen Dougherty VRC II Area: #23 871-0551 Email: [email protected] Assignment Providence Intake Amos House Harbor House Butler Hospital Liaison The Cookie Place Providence/Cranston netWORKri Liaison Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Vacant VRC I Area: #35 Email: Assignment Providence Intake Miriam Hospital RI Hospital Roger Williams Hospital Southeastern NE Rehab Center St. Joseph Hospital Dialysis Center of RI Liaison Employee Assistance Program Providence/Cranston netWORKri (backup) Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Vacant VRC I Area: #60 Email: Assignment Providence Intake Liaison Providence College Liaison Providence/Cranston netWORKri Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Diana Siravo-Marcotte VRC II Area: #68 787-4490 Email: [email protected] Assignment Providence Center Dorcas International Institute Tanner House VA Providence referrals (as needed) Liaison Veterans Affairs Liaison State Rehabilitation Council Liaison Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Sandra Perez VRC II Area: #70 787-3094 Email: [email protected] Assignment Providence School System (Central, Hanley, Textron/ Chambers, Alvarez, The Met School, High Roads, Bradley, Ocean Tides, Paul Cuffee, E Cubed Academy, Academy for Career Exploration, Providence Career & Technical Academy, C.I.T.E. School, Nowell Leadership Academy, RI Nursing Institute) Providence Intake (as needed) Liaison Providence Transition Academy CCRI - Providence Project Work (WBC) Liaison Federal Hill House Liaison TAC - Providence Liaison Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Sheridan Lomax VRC I Area: #71 871-1657 Email: [email protected] Assignment Providence English RIWorks Genesis Center Providence Intake Liaison Providence English DHS RIWorks Liaison Genesis Center Liaison Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Gina Albanese VRC I Area: #03 259-8081 Email: [email protected] Assignment Providence Intake Birch School Community Work Services (CWS) ReFocus The Fogarty Center The Groden Center Liaison BHDDH Liaison Region 2 - Cranston/Johnston/Warwick Supervisor Jennifer Fiske Phone 401-871-1145 Email: [email protected] Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Laura Allbee VRC I Area: #06 486-0215 Email: [email protected] Assignment Cranston High School East Cranston High School West Cranston Private & Parochial Schools Cranston Vocational Tech School Providence/Cranston netWORKri NAFI/ACE West Bay Collaborative Transition Advisory Committee Charter Schools – Cranston Project Search - Cranston Liaison CCAP Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Nicole Crossett VRC I Area: #10 486-3787 Email: [email protected] Assignment Warwick Schools (including Hendricken High, Pilgrim High, Toll Gate High and Vocational Technical, Warwick Middle (on call) Trudeau Center – Transition Central netWORKri Central RI General Liaison West Bay Collaborative Liaison West Bay Collaborative Alternative Learning Project Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Kristen Livesey VRC II Area: #66 871-1628 Email: [email protected] Assignment Central RI General Scituate Adults Scituate & Ponagansett High Schools Northern RI Transition Advisory Council Liaison Skills for RI Liaison Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Vacant VRC I Area: #37 Email: Assignment Gateway Mental Health Services of Cranston, Johnston Cranston, Johnston, and Central RI General Liaison Bridemark Liaison (Cranston House of Hope Liaison Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Robert Fox VRC I Area: #32 871-1186 Email: [email protected] Assignment Central RI/ General Adult Providence netWORKri RI Works - Cranston/Warwick Liaison RIWorks Liaison Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Emilee O’Connor VRC I Area: #07 787-2985 Email: [email protected] Assignment Supported Employment Spurwink Avatar Gateways to Change Community Living RI Central RI DOJ Liaison Access Point Liasion Trudeau Liaison West Bay Residential Liaison Opportunities Unlimited Liaison Cornerstone School Pathways School Region 3 - Northern Rhode Island Supervisor Alicia Peters 401-486-6525 [email protected] Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Nina Lusignan VRC I Area: #14 871-1943 Email: [email protected] Assignment RI Works - Woonsocket Tolman High School North Providence High School Mount Saint Charles School North Providence General North Smithfield General Woonsocket General Scituate/Foster General Harrisville/Pascoag General Liaison NRIC Co-Liaison Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Michael Lombardi VRC II Area: #33 871-1674 Email: [email protected] Assignment Burrillville General Landmark Hospital Community Care Alliance Woonsocket General Woonsocket YWCA Harrisville/Pascoag General Lincoln General Liaison Tri-Hab House Liaison Woonsocket netWORKri Liaison Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Vacant VRC I Area: #36 Email: Assignment Central Falls High School Lincoln High School JMW School Zambarano Hospital Pawtucket / Central Falls General Liaison Pawtucket RIWorks Liaison Central Falls RIWorks Liaison Fresenius Dialysis Center Pawt. Liaison Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Elizabeth Champagne VRC II Area: #45 486-2360 Email: [email protected] Assignment Woonsocket High School Woonsocket Reg. Voc. Tech. Pawtucket Learning Academy Pawtucket General Central Falls General Rehabilitation Hospital of RI/Healing Choices Liaison Children's Friend Liaison St James Liaison Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Vacant VRC I Area: #11 Email: Assignment Bishop Keough School Blackstone Valley Prep Cumberland High School Cumberland Transitional School Smithfield High School Davies Vocational School Cumberland General Foster General Lincoln General Smithfield General Scituate General Liaison Northern RI Collaborative Co-Liaison Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Manny Carbuccia VRC I Area: #59 486-1491 Email: [email protected] Assignment Cities and towns in Northern RI Blackstone Valley Health Center/Communitiy Action Pawtucket Memorial Hospital - Cardiac Rehabilitation/General Rehabilitation Woonsocket netWORKri Liaison Progresso Latino Liaison HITEP Liaison Wilson House Liaison Jackson House Liaison Woonsocket RIWorks Liaison Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Shayna Cogswell VRC I Area: #02 486-2498 Email: [email protected] Assignment Burrillville High School St. Raphael's Academy Shea High School North Smithfield High School Blackstone Academy, Pawtucket CCRI - Lincoln Central Falls General Pawtucket General North Providence General Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Vacant VRC I Area: #20 Email: Assignment Bradley School Ocean Tides Gateway Health Care – Pawtucket Pawtucket General CCA/Viola Berard School Beacon Charter School Primavera School Liaison Blackstone Valley Prep Liaison Anchor Recovery Center Liaison Hillside Alternative Liaison Harmony Hill School Liaison Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Avis Gunther-Rosenberg VRC I Area: #04 Ext.: 871-1236 Email: [email protected] Assignment I/DD Cases - Northern RI/Supported Employment Action Based Enterprises Blackstone Valley ARC Community Workplace Solutions Generations Perspectives ProAbility Resources for Human Development (RHD) Seven Hills Liaison Liaison to all Northern I/DD agencies Region 4 - South County Supervisor Teresa O'Brien 401-787-2984 [email protected] Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Kelley Conti VRC I Area: #08 Ext.: 486-2756 Email: [email protected] Assignment IDD/DD clients from South County - West Warwick, Coventry, East Greenwich, West Greenwich, Wakefield, North Kingstown, South Kingstown, Exeter, Jamestown IDD/DD clients from East Bay area - East Providence, Bristol, Warren, Portsmouth, Newport, Tiverton Liaison Looking Upwards Bridges Life, Inc. Maher Center Project Friends Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Carolyn Blessing VRC I Area: #12 486-1377 Email: [email protected] Assignment Coventry High School West Warwick High School Phoenix House URI Students South County Adults Liaison Phoenix House Job Corps West Warwick Youth Center Coventry Dept. of Human Services URI Liaison Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Vacant VRC I Area: #39 Email: Assignment East Greenwich High School Exeter/West Greenwich High School General Adults throughout South County Tribal Assignments in South County RI Work referrals TAC (Transition Advisory Council) Liaison East Greenwich High School Exeter/West Greenwich High School South County Re-entry Council Tribal VR Liaison Kim Pinksaw VRC I Area: #48 787-3556 Email: [email protected] Assignment Westerly High School Chariho High School Adults in South County as needed Bradley School Westerly Olean Center Journey - Westerly TAC (Transition Advisory Council) Westerly TCCA Westerly Education Center Liaison Westerly High School Chariho High School Westerly Hospital Education Exchange Tower Street Community Center Westerly Re-entry Council Holistic Development Center Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Kathleen Jones VRC II Area: #29 871-1412 Email: [email protected] Assignment South County RI Works Narragansett High School Block Island High School and Adults General Adults throughout South County Greene School CODAC - Wakefield TAC (Transition Advisory Council) Liaison West Warwick netWORKri Liaison South County Hospital Ocean Tides Liaison Narragansett High School Block Island High School Southern RI Transition Center CODAC GreeneSchool Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Natalia Montoya VRC II Area: #49 787-1176 Email: [email protected] Assignment South Kingstown High School North Kingstown High School South County General Adults South County Mental Health clients Bradley School - South County Liaison South Kingstown High School North Kingstown High School South County Chamber of Commerce Galilee Mission Liaison College Unbound Liaison South Shore Mental Health Region 5 - East Bay and Newport County Supervisor Jessica Warwick-Palumbo 401-258-3324 [email protected] Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Ann Marie Folcarelli VRC I Area: #01 871-1151 Email: [email protected] Assignment Portsmouth School System Met School – Newport Tiverton High School Portsmouth General Adults Tiverton General Adults Little Compton General Adults Regional overflow Liaison Newport Boys/Girls Club Liaison CCRI Newport Campus Liaison Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Sharon Thistlewaite-Morra VRC II Area: #28 787-4557 Email: [email protected] Assignment East Providence High School Regional overflow Liaison Learning Disabilities Liaison Bradley School Liaison Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Alexandra Berenis VRC I Area: #38 486-0299 Email: [email protected] Assignment Rogers High School Newport County Community Mental Health Center (CSP and Outpatient) Newport General Adults Middletown General Adults Regional overflow Liaison Vanderbilt Rehabilitation Center Liaison Newport County Reentry Council Liaison Newport County Community Mental Health Center Liaison Newport Hospital Liaison Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Kayleigh McCarthy VRC II Area: #58 871-2170 Email: [email protected] Assignment Bristol General Adults Barrington General Adults Warren General Adults Barrington High Schools St. Andrews School East Bay Center (Barrington, Bristol, Warren CSP clients only) Regional overflow Liaison East Bay Educational Collaborative Liaison Maher Center Co-liaison Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Amanda Marcaccio VRC I Area: #67 871-1959 Email: [email protected] Assignment Mt. Hope High School Middletown High School East Bay Center (Warren, Barrington, Bristol outpatient clients only) Regional Overflow Liaison L.I.F.E. Inc. Maher Center Co-Liaison Autism Project Liaison East Providence Reentry Council Liaison Autism Specialty lead counselor Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Jeffrey Milette VRC II Area: #43 871-2271 Email: [email protected] Assignment East Bay Center (East Providence Residents only – CSP & outpatient) East Providence General – Adults East Bay/Newport County RIWorks Regional Overflow Liaison East Bay/Newport County RIWorks/ORS Liaison East Bay Center Liaison East Bay CAP Liaison RIPTA Liaison Region 6 - Services for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing Supervisor Teresa O'Brien 401-787-2984 [email protected] Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Jennifer Pires VRC I Area: #26 787-3749 Email: [email protected] Assignment RI School for the Deaf students Deaf and Hard of Hearing students - Statewide Perspectives Liaison /Deaf and HoH Adult Deaf and Hard of Hearing - Providence, Warwick, Coventry, West Warwick, Wakefield, North Kingstown, South Kingstown, Westerly, Cranston, Saunderstown, Hope Valley, Exeter Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Paul Hughett VRCI Area: #41 871-1320 Email: [email protected] Assignment Adult Deaf and Hard of Hearing - Providence, Pawtucket, East Bay, Woonsocket, North Providence, Burrillville, Lincoln, Cumberland Liaison Corliss Center Liaison Commission for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing Liaison Gallaudet/NTID College Liaison Region 7 - SBVI/Vocational Rehabilitation Unit Supervisor Jane Cannata 401-465-0572 [email protected] Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Graciela Pires VRC II Area: #63 248-4791 Email: [email protected] Assignment Statewide coverage with concentration in Cranston, East Greenwich, Johnston, Smithfield, North Providence, Warwick, West Warwick, and Coventry general population and transition-aged youth Liaison West Bay Transition Academy - West Bay TAC Sherlock Center's RI Vision Education and Services Program Liaison Perkins School for the Blind Liaison TechACCESS Liaison Silver Lining Technologies Liaison Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Vacant VRC I Area: #62 Email: Assignment Statewide coverage with concentration in Providence and New Shoreham (Block Island) general population and school-age students Liaison VA Liaison Providence TAC Liaison INSIGHT Liaison Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Karen Russell VRC II Area: #64 787-4340 Email: [email protected] Assignment Statewide with concentration in Westerly, Charlestown, South Kingstown, Hopkinton, RIchmond, Exeter, West Greenwich, North Kingstown, Narragansett, Middletown, Portsmouth, Bristol, Warren, Barrington, Tiverton, Little Compton, Newport and Jamestown general population and transition-age students Liaison RI Gov. Commission Elections Committee ATAC - RIDE Committee NFB - RI Chapter South County and East Bay TAC Liaison Governor's Advisory Council for the Blind Liaison Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Vacant VRC I Area #65 Email: Assignment Statewide with concentration in Woonsocket, North Smithfield, Lincoln, Cumberland, Scituate, Burrillville, Foster, Glocester, Pawtucket, Central Falls, Riverside, East Providence general population and transition-age students Liaison Northern RI TAC Liaison The Carroll Center Liaison Louisiana Center for the Blind Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Robert Pires Rehabilitation Teacher Area: 258-9320 Email: [email protected] Assignment Statewide Rehabilitation teaching services for SBVI vocational clients Basic Computer Instruction Level I and Level II Braille Instruction Assistive Technology Support and oversees Tech Assessment Center Newsline Coordinator Liaison NFB-RI Chapter Liaison Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) Vacant Mobility & Orientation Specialist Email: Assignment Statewide Orientation and Mobility Services for Adults Orientation Services for Transition-Age Students Educate professionals in the community regarding appropriate mobility supports, services, and needs