RIBridges Updates The RIBridges system managed by Deloitte is currently offline, and the State is working closely with Deloitte to address the cybersecurity threat and bring the system back online. The programs managed through the RIBridges system include but are not limited to: Medicaid, HSRI medical coverage, SNAP, RI Works, CCAP, LTSS, GPA, LTSS, and At Home Cost Share. Customers can take steps today to protect themselves, utilizing credit freezes, fraud alerts, and updating passwords. Any customer who sees suspicious activity on their EBT card should change their PIN. Changing your EBT PIN frequently, before or around the time of benefit issuance, is a fraud prevention best practice to protect your benefits. To change your PIN, call ebtEdge at 1-888-979-9939. Additional instructions on how to protect your benefits can be found here. -Please be advised benefits for the month of December for most programs have already been disbursed. -DHS regional offices remain open and are processing paper applications and forms at this time. -The Pawtucket and both Providence Offices, as well as the Call Center, will be offering extended hours from 4-7 p.m. Monday (12/23), Thursday (12/26), and Friday (12/27).
SNAP UPDATE: January 2023 Benefits Published on Wednesday, December 21, 2022 Since March of 2020, households receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits have been allotted extra emergency SNAP benefits due to the pandemic. This means households will receive extra benefits that bring them to the maximum amount for their household size or $95, whichever is higher. Here is a helpful way to know if you are impacted: My household already receives the maximum SNAP amount for our household size (see table below): You will get $95 a month in extra emergency SNAP payments. My household does not get the maximum amount for our household size: You will get the maximum benefit amount for your household size or $95, whichever is higher. For January 2023, the extra SNAP will come as a supplemental payment on or about January 4th. HOUSEHOLD SIZE MAXIMUM SNAP ALLOTMENT 1 $281 2 $516 3 $740 4 $939 5 $1,116 6 $1,339 7 $1,480 8 $1,691 + For additional member over 8, add $211