SNAP Connect DHS has introduced SNAP Connect to provide customers with more flexibility and convenience when completing an interview as part of their initial application or renewal. With SNAP Connect, customers will be able to call in for their interview at a time and date that is convenient for the customer. A pilot for SNAP Connect will begin in January 2025. Read the full release here: https://dhs.ri.gov/press-releases/ri-dhs-introduces-snap-connect-providing-freedom-beneficiaries-choose-date-and-time
Technology Adoption Days Technology Adoption Days provide customers with weekly opportunities every Wednesday to learn how to access the Customer Portal (healthyrhode.ri.gov) and mobile app. Through this initiative, customers will learn how to make the best use of DHS's digital resources to access and update their cases anytime and anywhere. Read the full release here: https://dhs.ri.gov/press-releases/ri-dhs-launches-technology-adoption-days-mobile-app-and-customer-portal-support
Interpretation Services Available If you are seeking information about DHS programs and services in a language other than English, please be advised that interpretation services and/or interpreters are available to you at no cost. Persons with disabilities requiring another form of communication, such as auxiliary aids for hearing and the visually impaired, can inform DHS about their needs so appropriate accommodations can be made.
State Plans Below are State Plans relevant to programs and services DHS determines eligibility for. Proposed changes to State Plans, rules and regulations can be found here. Medicaid State Plan A Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) state plan is an agreement between a state and the Federal government describing how that state administers its Medicaid and CHIP programs. It gives an assurance that a state will abide by Federal rules and may claim Federal matching funds for its program activities. The state plan sets out groups of individuals to be covered, services to be provided, methodologies for providers to be reimbursed and the administrative activities that are underway in the state. When a state is planning to make a change to its program policies or operational approach, states send state plan amendments (SPAs) to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for review and approval. States also submit SPAs to request permissible program changes, make corrections, or update their Medicaid or CHIP state plan with new information. The state of Rhode Island has designated the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) as the single state agency to administer the Medicaid State Plan. EOHHS currently administers the Medicaid program through five internal offices: Program Integrity, Legal, Budget and Finance, Policy and Innovation, and Healthcare Administration. DHS Programs' State Plans The State Plans listed below detail the specific goals, objectives, and strategies accessible to the general public to insure continued availability in reference to DHS programs. Child Care – Quality Progress Report FFY 2022 PDF file, about 2mbmegabytes Child Care Development Fund State Plan FFY25 2025 - 2027 PDF file, about 3mbmegabytes Child Care and Development Fund State Plan 2022-2024.pdf PDF file, about 16mbmegabytes CCDF State Plan 2022-2024 Amendment 1 PDF file, about 3mbmegabytes CCDF State Plan 2022-2024 Amendment 1 Approval Letter PDF file, less than 1mbmegabytes CCDF State Plan 2022-2024 Amendment 2 PDF file, about 3mbmegabytes CCDF State Plan 2022-2024 Amendment 2 Approval Letter PDF file, less than 1mbmegabytes CCDF State Plan 2022-2024 Amendment 3 PDF file, about 3mbmegabytes CCDF State Plan 2022-2024 Amendment 3 Approval Letter PDF file, about 1mbmegabytes CCDF State Plan 2022-2024 Amendment 4 PDF file, about 3mbmegabytes CCDF State Plan 2022-2024 Amendment 4 Approval Letter PDF file, about 1mbmegabytes CCDF State Plan 2022-2024 Amendment 5 PDF file, about 3mbmegabytes CCDF State Plan 2022-2024 Amendment 5 Approval Letter PDF file, about 1mbmegabytes Child Care Development Fund State Plan 2019-2021 PDF file, about 14mbmegabytes Child Care Development Fund State Plan 2019-2021 Amendment 1 PDF file, less than 1mbmegabytes Child Care Development Fund State Plan 2019-2021 Amendment 2 PDF file, less than 1mbmegabytes Child Care Development Fund State Plan 2019-2021 Amendment 3 PDF file, less than 1mbmegabytes Child Care Development Fund State Plan 2019-2021 Amendment 4 PDF file, less than 1mbmegabytes Child Care Development Fund State Plan 2019-2021 Amendment 5 PDF file, less than 1mbmegabytes Child Care Development Fund State Plan 2019-2021 Amendment 6 PDF file, less than 1mbmegabytes Child Care Emergency Preparedness Plan (rev. 2021) PDF file, about 1mbmegabytes Claims Management Plan FFY2023 PDF file, less than 1mbmegabytes Community Services Block Grant (2020-2021) PDF file, less than 1mbmegabytes Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) 2021 PDF file, less than 1mbmegabytes Office of Healthy Aging State Plan (10/2015-9/2019) PDF file, about 2mbmegabytes ORS State Plan PDF file, less than 1mbmegabytes RI State SNAP Outreach Plan FFY24 (8.16.23) PDF file, about 1mbmegabytes SNAP Disaster Plan FFY2023 PDF file, about 1mbmegabytes SNAP ET Plan FY25 PDF file, less than 1mbmegabytes SNAP Nutrition Education Plan FFY2023 PDF file, about 4mbmegabytes SNAP Outreach Plan FFY2023 PDF file, about 1mbmegabytes Social Services Block Grant: Intended Use Plan 2021 PDF file, less than 1mbmegabytes Summary of FFY 2024 State Plan LIHEAP PDF file, less than 1mbmegabytes Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) State Plan 2024 PDF file, about 1mbmegabytes WIOA Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (rev. 3/21) PDF file, about 2mbmegabytes