32 State Reps call on Governor McKee to address DHS staffing crisis
May 27, 2022

32 State Reps call on Governor McKee to address DHS staffing crisis

“What exists now is a narrative from DHS that vacancies are being filled, but in reality, vacancies...

General Assembly can and must do more to lift children out of deep poverty says Raising RI Coalition
March 25, 2022

General Assembly can and must do more to lift children out of deep poverty says Raising RI Coalition

“After being ignored for so long, Rhode Island Works needs updating to better prepare parents to succeed...

Unfilled staff vacancies, ongoing mismanagement causing severe problems at DHS
February 3, 2022

Unfilled staff vacancies, ongoing mismanagement causing severe problems at DHS

Speaking in Spanish, Lopes told reporters that she suffers from cancer, and has been unable to get...

DHS offices throughout the state have been closed for 22 months…
January 5, 2022

DHS offices throughout the state have been closed for 22 months…

“The lack of assistance is a barrier that is preventing some Rhode Islanders from getting and keeping...

First payments in PVD Guaranteed Income Program already effecting positive change
December 1, 2021

First payments in PVD Guaranteed Income Program already effecting positive change

“I’m sure I’m not the only one who works in health care who has the intentions of...

Never Again RI wants Biden to keep promise and end ICE contracts
September 27, 2021

Never Again RI wants Biden to keep promise and end ICE contracts

“Many of our grandparents and great-grandparents left their homelands because the authorities were purposely hunting and hurting...

Want to cut Rhode Island Medicaid costs? Stop ignoring the elephant in the room: MCOs
March 3, 2021

Want to cut Rhode Island Medicaid costs? Stop ignoring the elephant in the room: MCOs

Rhode Island’s Office of Health and Human Services seems to forget that MCOs make money from restricting...

Commission for Health Advocacy and Equity shares ‘urgent concerns and recommendations’ for reopening RI
May 9, 2020

Commission for Health Advocacy and Equity shares ‘urgent concerns and recommendations’ for reopening RI

“While… inequities and unjust systems were in place long before any of us came to occupy our...

Governor Raimondo addresses resources for the undocumented, and her thoughts on evictions
March 24, 2020

Governor Raimondo addresses resources for the undocumented, and her thoughts on evictions

“…this virus and this crisis is hitting people hardest who are least able to absorb any additional...

Senators Reed and Whitehouse decry Trump Administration policy of separating immigrant children from parents
June 12, 2018

Senators Reed and Whitehouse decry Trump Administration policy of separating immigrant children from parents

United States Senators Jack Reed (Democrat, Rhode Island) and Sheldon Whitehouse (Democrat, Rhode Island) were at Dorcas...

ACLU files class action lawsuit against ICE and Trump on behalf of Lilian Calderon
April 12, 2018

ACLU files class action lawsuit against ICE and Trump on behalf of Lilian Calderon

The ACLU of Massachusetts has filed a class action lawsuit against President Donald Trump, United States Department...

Despite all efforts, SNAP application processing got worse, not better, in February says report
October 31, 2019

Despite all efforts, SNAP application processing got worse, not better, in February says report

In his latest update on the state’s compliance with a court order designed to ensure the timely...

ACLU files new UHIP-related lawsuit over Medicaid termination notices
January 3, 2018

ACLU files new UHIP-related lawsuit over Medicaid termination notices

The ACLU of Rhode Island today filed a class-action lawsuit claiming that participants in a Medicaid program...

Food stamp approval rate “alarming” says ACLU
October 31, 2019

Food stamp approval rate “alarming” says ACLU

November 2017 timeliness rates issued by the Rhode Island Department of Human Services (DHS) show that almost...

ACLU says latest figures from state on providing food stamp benefits are “jaw-dropping”
October 31, 2019

ACLU says latest figures from state on providing food stamp benefits are “jaw-dropping”

After failing to provide court-ordered reports for August and September on the status of its efforts to...

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