The Corliss Center
Empowering the deaf and hard of hearing through Community Support
For over forty years, The Corliss Center has provided quality service and programs to our members and Rhode Island’s deaf and hard of hearing community.
About The Corliss Center
Our Mission
The mission of the Corliss Center is to provide social and developmental services to Deaf persons with diverse disabilities and others with unique communication needs in an independence-empowerment-based model that facilitates living, learning and working successfully as integrated members of the community.
- Group Homes
- Independent Living
- Day Program
- Events and Activities
- Medical Support
Our Services
Our Non-Profit Human Services
The Corliss Center is a small, non-profit human service agency in Warren, RI, that provides residential choices and community-based support and activities for deaf and hard-of-hearing adults who have developmental disabilities.
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Our History
The Corliss Center grew out of the need of one family to find a living environment where their adult child could thrive in community with other deaf people. Searching for options led to many dead ends. Many deaf individuals with developmental disabilities were institutionalized at that time with no place to experience the community and communication that all of us need.
The late June Rockefeller, a resident of Barrington, RI, was a woman of vision who was moved by the needs of her daughter and others in similar situations. Wanting to provide some level of independence, while offering necessary support services including interaction with deaf culture, June sought resources to help create a place her daughter could call home.
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Testimonial
We can’t thank everyone at Corliss enough for everything you do for Monica.
Our daughter Monica, who just turned 60, is the oldest of our three girls and has been a member of Corliss for over two decades. Monica’s mother had rubella while pregnant and Monica was born legally blind, deaf and developmentally disabled. She was a rubella baby born during the epidemic in the 1960’s.
We have been blessed with the many people at Corliss who have the biggest hearts on the planet. Monica is treated with love, respect and dignity by all members and staff of Corliss. They go above and beyond every day to make her daily life fun, enjoyable and fulfilling. Since Monica has been at Corliss, we have never had to worry about her. We know she is in loving and caring hands at Corliss.
Ron Grandchamp & Family
Parent of Member
Contact Information
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Address
290 Main St, Warren, RI 02885
Email Address
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Voice (401) 245-3609
Video Phone (401) 237-4277
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