Residential Services

Home is a place you’re comfortable and at ease. It’s your warm and inviting living space, where you enjoy and renew yourself. It’s a place where you shape your dreams.

If you’re exploring residential options, we understand you’re making an important life decision. At Looking Upwards, we bring more than 45 years of experience to supporting individuals with developmental disabilities to create a comfortable home life and greater satisfaction in all areas of life.

Our Residential Services offer the opportunity to live in a house with housemates with flexible and committed, ongoing support from our caring and competent staff. We’ll listen to your desires for all areas of your life. We’ll walk alongside, offering our support as you live your life to the fullest.

What you can count on:

• It’s your life and your choices. As you share what’s important to you, we will listen.
• We’ll support you to achieve your life goals.  
• We will encourage you to expand into new areas of growth.
• We’ll assist you in creating a satisfying social network and staying connected to the people who are important to you.
• Your personal safety is of the utmost importance and will be a focus throughout all we do together. 
• We will honor your right to make choices and safeguard your right to take reasonable risks as you shape your life.

To sustain your optimal health, well-being and independence, we offer an array of clinical and therapeutic resources. We provide or coordinate nursing, physical, occupational and speech therapy, as well as resources for your emotional well-being. Also available is support for developing healthy habits, such as nutritious eating, regular exercise, stress reduction and relaxation.

Who is eligible:

You must be approved for 24-hour support through the State of Rhode Island, Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD).