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Approved in the legislative session that ended earlier this summer, the Rhode Island Works (RIW) cash assistance benefit increased by 30 percent, effective July 1, 2021. ...

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The state Department of Human Services (DHS) is aware that RI Works (RIW) payments were not issued on Sunday, August 1. FIS, the State’s business partner that manages these payment ...

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As previously reported, the federal government changed the extra, emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payments that several SNAP rec ...

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The Rhode Island Department of Human Services (DHS) is excited to announce we have updated the DHS, Office ...

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State to receive $45.1 million to ensure children have access to food during school break ...

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As previously reported, the federal government changed the extra, emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payments that several SNAP recipients had been receiving since March of ...

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As previously reported, the federal government changed the extra, emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payments that several SNAP recipients had been receiving since March of ...

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The Rhode Island Department of Human Services continues to work with schools and the RI Department of Education (RIDE) to issue monthly P-EBT benefits to households with school age children who rec ...

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As previously reported in a news post on April 15, 2021, the federal government recently changed the extra, emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payments that several SNAP rec ...

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CRANSTON, RI Similar to a grant given during the summer of 2020, the Rhode Island Department of Human Services (DHS) will give a one-time, $400 supplemental electricity grant to our Low Income Home ...

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