OpenDoors Motel 6 Shelter

(This shelter closed in spring 2025 and no longer operates)

When he moved into the motel, he said that he “almost cried because (he) didn’t think it was real.” While on the streets, Pelland survived the harsh winter conditions and got jumped and robbed. Now, he sleeps “better than ever.”

—Warwick Beacon, July 6, 2023, Read Full Article Below

In May, 2023 OpenDoors began operating over 120 beds of shelter for the unhoused community in Rhode Island at the Motel 6 in Warwick. OpenDoors was able to create a safe and supportive home for those in need, house over a third more people than we were contracted to house, all while minimizing neighbor concerns.

Thank you to Governor Dan McKee, Housing Secretary Stefan Pryor, and Mayor Frank Picozzi of Warwick for making this successful project possible and allowing us to provide opportunities to so many Rhode Islanders in need.

From May 2023 until it closed in spring 2025, the OpenDoors Motel 6 Shelter operated individual and couple shelter rooms at the Motel 6 on Jefferson Boulevard in Warwick. Beds were referred through the Coordinated Entry System (CES).

The program provided dinner, case management and peer recovery coaching, and access to other OpenDoors programming.