SSI/SSDI

RI Department of Human Services oversees a number of programs to help individual and families in Rhode Island. A complete comprehensive list is on their website.

Childcare

Includes Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) and Head Start link

Supplemental Nutrition Program SNAP

Medicaid and Medicare Programs

Includes Katie Beckett Katie Beckett is an eligibility category in Medicaid that allows certain children under age 19 who have long-term disabilities or complex medical needs to become eligible for Medicaid coverage.

The Sherlock Plan

Medicaid for Working People with Disabilities Program is a type of Medicaid eligibility for working adults with disabilities.

Medicare Premium Program

SSI State Supplemental Payment

Long Term Services and Supports

Includes Medicaid Long Term Care Supported Services (LTSS) and Enhanced Assisted Living Program for elderly and adults with disabilities.

RI Works Program

RI Works is a financial and employment assistance program for parents and families with little to no income who have children high school age or younger.

General Public Assistance Programs

Includes Bridge Fund, Hardship Program and Funeral/Burial Assistance 

Refugee Assistance Programs

Energy Assistance Programs

DHS' programs and services, including those offered by our four divisions, collectively serve more than 300,000 families, adults, children, older Rhode Islanders, individuals with disabilities and veterans each year. Each have their own eligibility requirements and our staff are happy to assist those who need us through the application process and any other needs. 

Office locations

Open to receive calls.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, we are asking the public to first try to use our online services before calling us.

To apply for Supplemental Security Income for Children, go to website to start process or call 1-880772-1213

On Tuesday, March 17, 2020, we suspended face-to-face service to the public in our field offices and hearings offices nationwide until further notice. However, we are still able to provide critical services via phone, fax and online.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, we are asking the public to first try to use our online services before calling us.

On Tuesday, March 17, 2020, we suspended face-to-face service to the public in our field offices and hearings offices nationwide until further notice. However, we are still able to provide critical services via phone, fax and online.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, we are asking the public to first try to use our online services before calling us.

On Tuesday, March 17, 2020, we suspended face-to-face service to the public in our field offices and hearings offices nationwide until further notice. However, we are still able to provide critical services via phone, fax and online.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, we are asking the public to first try to use our online services before calling us.

On Tuesday, March 17, 2020, we suspended face-to-face service to the public in our field offices and hearings offices nationwide until further notice. However, we are still able to provide critical services via phone, fax and online.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, we are asking the public to first try to use our online services before calling us.

Govbenefits.com is a free confidential prescreening tool for state and federal government programs. Search for benefits you may be able to receive.

Internet resource, State and Federal resources
Partners with USA.gov

For recent applications for Social Security disability benefits or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) that were denied for medical reasons,
request an appeal online and provide documents to support appeal electronically. Individuals may also continue an appeal already started.

Internet resource
TDD Phone for Salt Lake City area 800 325 0778

• Social Security Numbers
• Social Security Fraud Reporting
• Social Security Disability Insurance
• Medicare
• Social Security Burial Benefits
• SSI
• Social Security Retirement Benefits
• Social Security Survivors Insurance

Links to the online Child Disability Report used when applying for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability benefits.

The online Child Disability Report gives:

• security and privacy for the child's information
• step by step instructions and examples to help complete the report
• a process to collect information that applies to the child, similar to the interview process in a Social Security office
• the ability to stop and come back to finish later

The National Academy of Social Insurance is a non-profit, non-partisan organization made up of the national experts on social insurance. Its mission is to advance solutions to challenges facing the nation by increasing public understanding of how social insurance contributes to economic security. Social insurance encompasses broad-based systems that help workers and their families pool risks to avoid loss of income due to retirement, death, disability, or unemployment and ensure access to health care. They provide information on social security, Medicare, workers' compensation and disability, unemployment insurance, and long-term services and supports.