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 If your contact information is out of date, you might miss important information regarding your Medicaid benefits.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.
SNAP-Ed Resources DHS and the University of Rhode Island SNAP Nutrition Education (SNAP-Ed) program has partnered to deliver comprehensive nutrition education since 1997 to address the health-related nutrition and physical activity needs of SNAP eligible individuals. SNAP-Ed aims to prevent or reduce health disparities such as diet-related chronic diseases and obesity in the RI low-income population. The Rhode Island SNAP-Ed plan focuses on improving nutrition and physical activity behaviors, addressing food insecurity and enhancing health-related policies, systems and environments. Latest Resources Here is its EBT Online Shopping Resources Guide in English, Spanish and Portuguese and its Food and Fun for Everyone spring edition newsletter for families in English and Spanish. EBT Online Shopping Guide Online Shopping Resource Guide (English) PDF file, about 4mbmegabytes Online Shopping Resource Guide (Spanish) PDF file, about 4mbmegabytes Online Shopping Resource Guide (Portuguese) PDF file, about 4mbmegabytes Food and Fun Newsletter SNAP-Ed's Fall 2022 edition of Food & Fun for Everyone newsletter features simple tips to promote healthy habits for children and offers tasty, kid-friendly recipes such as 'easy apple crip' that can help make the kitchen an exciting place to visit. Find the newsletter below in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. Fall 2022 Food & Fun Newsletter (English) PDF file, about 2mbmegabytes Fall 2022 Food & Fun Newsletter (Spanish) PDF file, about 2mbmegabytes Fall 2022 Food & Fun Newsletter (Portuguese) PDF file, about 2mbmegabytes Want More? To learn more and get more resources, go to SNAP Education.