Tag: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Trump administration posts notice that no federal food aid will go...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has posted a notice on its website saying federal food aid will not go out Nov. 1, raising the stakes...
BankNewport grant powers solar upgrade at student-run AgInnovation Farm
NEWPORT – BankNewport has awarded a $5,000 grant to the Eastern Rhode Island Conservation District to support infrastructure improvements at the Portsmouth AgInnovation Farm,...
Federal budget leaves a big, beautiful question mark over R.I.
Gov. Daniel J. McKee sprung to action, pledging to “activate” his cabinet to prepare for federal funding cuts in a video clip released hours...
Hoping for the best, planning for the worst: R.I. FY26 budget...
Health care may have received top billing in the revised $14.3 billion fiscal year 2026 budget lawmakers unveiled late Tuesday night, but the silent star...
R.I. DHS to open new regional office inside Shepard Building in...
PROVIDENCE – The landmark former Shepard Co. building will become home to a new appointment-only regional office for the R.I. Department of Human Services...
Strout receives community service award from Newport Mental Health
HEATHER HOLE STROUT, executive director for the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center in Newport, received the Outstanding Community Service Award from Newport...
KIDS COUNT: Child homelessness, racial disparities remain problematic
PROVIDENCE – Children and families still facing homelessness, increased rent costs, persistent racial disparities and federal programs under threat of change from the new...
Wood River Health offers services to address homelessness
WESTERLY – Wood River Health recently announced it is expanding service to offer housing stabilization to residents of Washington County.
Wood River is becoming a...
Pawtucket man admits to defrauding SNAP, U.S. Treasury out of $100K
PROVIDENCE – A Pawtucket man has admitted in federal court that he defrauded the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and the U.S. Treasury out of...
EBT card-skimming scheme defrauds Rhode Island SNAP recipients out of $500K
CRANSTON – Roughly 1,800 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefit recipients throughout Rhode Island were defrauded out of a total of $500,000 after their EBT...
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