Tag: R.i. Department Of Human Services
Federal COVID-19 SNAP emergency benefits set to expire, will affect 140K...
PROVIDENCE – Approximately 10% of the state’s population who rely on the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments will no longer receive COVID-19 emergency...
Some R.I. officials say job vacancies a big part of projected...
The projected $610 million budget surplus awaiting the General Assembly and the administration of Gov. Daniel J. McKee has been the subject of speculation...
State, unionized home child care workers reach contract agreement
PROVIDENCE — A new contract agreement between unionized home child care workers and the R.I. Department of Human Services will give providers benefits, including...
R.I. awards $8.5 million to child care facility expansions, improvements
PROVIDENCE – Fourteen organizations will add or improve more than 1,200 slots at their child care centers with support from an $8.5 million funding...
R.I. motorists will keep riding the ‘blue wave’
PROVIDENCE – The long-running “Blue Wave” Rhode Island state license plate design will be replaced by a new blue wave design.
During a news conference...
McKee makes $19M in ARPA funding available for state child care...
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee has made $19 million in American Rescue Plan Act money available to support the funding of early educator...
United Way of R.I.’s 211 Center took 263K calls in 2021
PROVIDENCE – United Way of Rhode Island’s 211 Center received a record number of calls in 2021, highlighting the multiple needs residents had for...
Providence makes first payments in guaranteed income program; expands benefits counseling...
PROVIDENCE - The city has cut the first checks on an experimental guaranteed income program, which will give $500 to 110 residents every month...
RIDE, R.I. Department of Human Services announce Summer P-EBT benefits
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Education and the R.I. Department of Human Services recently announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and...
Hawkins, Department of Human Services director, resigns
PROVIDENCE – Courtney E. Hawkins, director of the R.I. Department of Human Services, submitted a letter of resignation Thursday.
“Leading the team of hundreds of...
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