NOTE OUR NEW ADDRESS: Effective June 1st, The Ruth Project will be operating from a new location at 516 Newport Avenue in Attleboro, MA. Our mailing address remains the same: PO Box 64, North Attleboro, MA 02761. We are excited to be located directly on the public transportation line, making access to our services and resources easier for women in need.

This is the mission of The Ruth Project: to walk with women in need in the greater Attleboro-Taunton area. The Ruth Project is located at 516 Newport Avenue, Attleboro, Massachusetts. Volunteers at The Ruth Project assist women who have faced issues of crime, homelessness, and separation from their children, as well as poverty, addiction, and abuse.
The program provides comprehensive services such as mentoring, job skills development, and affordable housing plans, to allow women in need to face and overcome the issues in front of them.

In Bristol County there are more than 30,000 women living below the poverty level. Some 50,000 women have not received a high school diploma. The average wait for affordable housing is 3 -7 years. The Ruth Project opened the doors of its Resource Center in March 2007 to provide direction, resources, and mentoring for women in need.
Since opening, volunteers have placed job listings in the hands of unemployed single mothers and worked with women on developing sound job skills, including developing resumes and interviewing techniques. We have made available a directory of affordable housing and applications in the hands of women who were forced to leave abusive situations and have walked through the application process with women in need of affordable housing. Our directory of housing resources continues to grow, ranging from emergency shelters to rehabilitation programs, to transitional housing, and affordable housing. Volunteers have assisted women in returning back to school. We have worked together with area agencies so that women and children have received clothing and food. Recovery and restoration programs have helped women who struggle with addiction,
affliction or abuse.

What’s New

Ruth Project Joins Local Coalition on Homelessness
The Ruth Project is now part of the Attleboro Area Coalition for the Homeless. The Greater Attleboro/Taunton Coalition on Homelessness (GATCH), which is comprised of a range of health, social and human service organizations representing Attleboro, Berkley, Dighton, Mansfield, North Attleboro, Norton, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk & Taunton, and led by the United Way.

Partners include city & town governments, housing authorities, law enforcement agencies, state and local mental health organizations, adult & family shelters, domestic violence agencies, food providers, and others with an interest in ending homelessness & securing affordable housing.

Through the Coalition, the partners are able to offer a network of comprehensive services from identifying a homeless individual to providing shelter, counseling, job training, and eventually permanent housing. The Coalition partners and programs get to the root causes of homelessness and provide real solutions.


Our involvement in the GATCH Program is part of the United Way of Greater Attleboro/Taunton www.uwgat.org.