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

Supplemental Security Income for Children

Our website, www.ssa.gov, is the best way to get help. If you cannot use our website, please call our National 800 Number or your local Social Security office. We can often help by phone and save you a trip to an office.

Offices are busiest Mondays, the morning after a Federal holiday, and the first week of the month. If you come to an office, we may not be able to serve you that day. We may schedule an appointment or phone call for a different day.

To apply for Supplemental Security Income for Children, go to website to start process or call 1-880-772-1213

Our website, www.ssa.gov, is the best way to get help. If you cannot use our website, please call our National 800 Number or your local Social Security office. We can often help by phone and save you a trip to an office.

Offices are busiest Mondays, the morning after a Federal holiday, and the first week of the month. If you come to an office, we may not be able to serve you that day. We may schedule an appointment or phone call for a different day.

Supplemental Security Income for Children

Our website, www.ssa.gov, is the best way to get help. If you cannot use our website, please call our National 800 Number or your local Social Security office. We can often help by phone and save you a trip to an office.

Offices are busiest Mondays, the morning after a Federal holiday, and the first week of the month. If you come to an office, we may not be able to serve you that day. We may schedule an appointment or phone call for a different day.

Supplemental Security Income for Children

Our website, www.ssa.gov, is the best way to get help. If you cannot use our website, please call our National 800 Number or your local Social Security office. We can often help by phone and save you a trip to an office.

Offices are busiest Mondays, the morning after a Federal holiday, and the first week of the month. If you come to an office, we may not be able to serve you that day. We may schedule an appointment or phone call for a different day.

Supplemental Security Income for Children

Our website, www.ssa.gov, is the best way to get help. If you cannot use our website, please call our National 800 Number or your local Social Security office. We can often help by phone and save you a trip to an office.

Offices are busiest Mondays, the morning after a Federal holiday, and the first week of the month. If you come to an office, we may not be able to serve you that day. We may schedule an appointment or phone call for a different day.

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

Persons age 65 and older, and anyone with certain disabilities or end-stage renal disease.

A federal government website providing health insurance for Americans age 65 and older, people under age 65 with certain disabilities, and people of all ages with end stage renal disease (permanent kidney failure requiring dialysis or a kidney transplant).

• Medicare

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.