Tag: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
R.I. Food Bank CEO Schiff to retire in 2025
PROVIDENCE – For close to two decades, Andrew Schiff has worked to help feed Rhode Islanders in need, especially when a global health pandemic brought such...
R.I. DHS supervisor, daughter facing federal charges in alleged SNAP fraud
PROVIDENCE – A R.I. Department of Human Services supervisor and her daughter are facing federal charges for allegedly defrauding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,...
Finding workforce is labor intensive for local nonprofits
The COVID-19 pandemic’s cascading aftereffects have been complicated and hard to shake for Rhode Island’s nonprofits, which employ 67,000 Rhode Islanders. That number represents...
High food costs still difficult to digest in R.I.
The past few years have been especially hard for Rhode Island residents facing food insecurity. Within the Ocean State, 1 in 3 households cannot...
Weekly food block party launches in Warren
It sounds like the perfect summer evening. A Wednesday gathering with a craft cocktail or mocktail and a freshly fried falafel pocket, Korean corn...
Farm Fresh R.I. receives $812K in food stamps support
PROVIDENCE – A Rhode Island initiave to increase access to locally sourced food for lower income residents has received $812,000 in federal funding.
The initiative,...
Washington Trust annual Peanut Butter Drive comes at crucial time
WESTERLY – The Washington Trust Co. has kicked off its annual Peanut Butter Drive, the 23rd year for an event that benefits the Rhode Island Community...
DHS warns of increase in fraudulent activity targeting SNAP, RI Works...
PROVIDENCE – Fraudulent activity targeting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Rhode Island Works benefit recipients is on the rise, the R.I. Department of Human...
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...
R.I. Food Bank report: Hunger in state worse than during pandemic
PROVIDENCE – Food insecurity has gotten worse in Rhode Island this past year than it was during the COVID-19 pandemic, mostly due to inflation...
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