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Responding to the urgent need for additional emergency homeless shelters in December of 2010, Bishop Tobin opened a shelter in a former diocesan day care center to provide a warm place to sleep for those without a home. The overflow shelter provided an immediate need as the demand for shelter beds exceeded availability.
Through the Catholic Charity Appeal, the Diocese covers the costs of insurance, maintenance, heating, electric and other utilities for Emmanuel House. The Appeal is funded by generous Catholics throughout the state who support more than 30 diocesan agencies that provide for the physical and spiritual needs of Rhode Islanders.