PROVIDENCE, RI There was truly a strolling thunder at the State House Wednesday afternoon.
DHS staff, advocates, community partners, supportive legislators, educators, parents and dozens of babies and toddlers crowded the Rotunda, Bell and State Rooms to advocate for high quality child care...
DHS invites you to get your photo taken with HIGH QUALITY CHILD CARE supporters, Elmo, Poppy from Trolls, and Chase and Marshall from Paw Patrol! It's a Picture Perfect opportunity to support the State's child care initiatives, including the push for tiered child care quality rates that will:
Providence, Rhode Island, April 9, 2018 -- The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) wants to know how satisfied their customers are with their bus service. They are inviting their customers to take their sixth annual online Customer Satisfaction Survey, available on the RIPTA website from...
CRANSTON, RI On Monday, April 2, the state Department of Human Services launched its Child Care Shout Out Campaign.
To participate, and we hope you do, simply use the hashtag #RICares4ChildCare and post a photo or video on social media that explains what you love about your favorite child...
With the power outages and storm aftermath of this weekend, DHS would like to remind the individuals and families we serve that SNAP recipients may seek and receive replacement SNAP benefits due to a loss of food caused by a disaster. Power outages of 4+ hours meet that criteria.
Households...
PROVIDENCE, RI -- The State House Library on Feb. 28th had a full house of advocates, child care providers, parents and state Department of Human Servicers leadership to campaign for high quality child care and bring awareness to supporting bills from Representative Grace Diaz, D-Providence, and...
PROVIDENCE, RI - As part of her FY19 budget, Governor Gina M. Raimondo announced plans to invest in quality child care. Her budget proposal includes $1.5 million in that endeavor for infants and toddlers in home- and center-based settings. This proposal directly links rates for child care to the...
Governor Gina Raimondo has closed State offices and buildings Thursday, January 4, 2018 due to severe winter conditions. All Department of Human Services offices will be closed as a result.
For additional winter storm updates, please continue to monitor the local news and Twitter accounts for...
The caller ID for all state Department of Human Services regional family center staff was recently changed to show our Call Center number, 1-855-MY-RIDHS (855-697-4347). It no longer shows the individual name or desk phone number of the DHS staff person. This was done for security reasons to...
Vendor also agrees to cover any FNS fines and will continue working at no cost to taxpayers through at least the end of FY18.
CRANSTON, R.I. (October 24, 2017) After Deloitte disclosed to state leaders the latest system error in its RI Bridges software system, Governor Gina M. Raimondo...
