Tides Family Services

In 1982, Brother Michael Reis, FSC designed a program that would work to preserve youth in their families and communities providing the support and services they needed at a critical time in their lives. In 1983, Tides Family Services was incorporated as a 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization with a $10,000 grant from the Diocese of Providence and $5,000 grant from the Governor’s Justice Commission. TFS has been working ever since in order to ensure that no child is given up on or left behind. Tides Family Services will be the premier provider of a continuum of comprehensive and preventative services to vulnerable youth and families in the state of Rhode Island. We will be the provider of choice in delivering services that preserve and strengthen families and communities in which they live. Tides Family Services mission is to strengthen vulnerable youth and their families through the provision of high quality educational and community-based services animated by the Lasallian philosophy of care.

Tides Family Services is a nonprofit organization that is committed to providing comprehensive support and resources to children, adolescents, and families facing various challenges. The overall mission of Tides is to provide services and supports that allow youth to live in a community-based setting. An "Agency Without Walls" our services are delivered in homes, communities, schools...wherever our youth are. Tides is a non-traditional agency, unlike any other. Our "no-walls" philosophy puts us in the heart of neighborhoods where our clients live—the most distressed and poverty-stricken areas of Rhode Island. Our community-based programs service these youth, aged 6-21, and we're there for them 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year. Our programs include strength-based counseling, structured recreation, cognitive behavioral therapy, after-school programming, and two small, licensed schools.