Attention Medicaid Members Have you moved in the past three years? Have you gotten a new phone number or email address? If your contact information is out of date, you might miss important information regarding your Medicaid benefits. Stay connected to health coverage, and update your contact information today! Click here for more information. You can access your account online at https://healthyrhode.ri.gov.
Protecting Your Benefits ebtEDGE will never call or text you to ask for your personal information, card number or PIN. Do not share your information with anyone. Protect yourself by changing your PIN monthly or by freezing your card.
Community Reminder Recent action by the federal government ends the extra COVID SNAP benefits, known as SNAP Emergency Allotments, as of February 2023. The last COVID SNAP payment will be on February 3, 2023. Households will receive only their regular monthly SNAP issuance beginning on March 1, 2023. Community partners and advocates can find additional support and resources here.
Did You Know? • Applications submitted in the last 30 days (with the exception of LTSS (90 days) or expedited SNAP) are still within the window of processing. • You can check the status of your application after 30 days through the Call Center or Customer Portal at healthyrhode.ri.gov, where all of your notices are available.
Bus Passes Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) offers a special Reduced Fare Bus Pass Program that allows qualifying low-income seniors (age 65 or over) and low-income persons with disabilities to travel free for two years. Participants in this no fare program are issued a “Valid All Day” photo identification card that they use to board the bus. RI Works (RIW) recipients receive the new RIPTA Wave cards, which replaced monthly paper bus passes that used to be given. Wave cards are hard, rechargeable cards used by all RIPTA customers. Like your EBT card, you keep it so it can be reloaded in a future month. It is plastic and embedded with a computer chip that keeps track of the value of the card. RIW recipients will be able to have one Wave card per eligible person, and those cards will be “recharged” monthly by calling MTM. When you call MTM, tell them if you already have a Wave card and be prepared to provide your family’s Wave card numbers. Telling MTM of your current card will prevent you from receiving multiple Wave cards for each eligible household member. Participants will still call MTM at 1-855-330-9131 to have the card recharged monthly and your Wave card(s) will be recharged via the phone call. For more information about the Wave cards visit: https://wave.ripta.com/