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Press Releases

SNAP UPDATE: January 2023 Benefits

Since March of 2020, households receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits have been allotted extra emergency SNAP benefits due to ...

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SNAP UPDATE: December 2022 Benefits

Since March of 2020, households receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits have been allotted extra emergency SNAP benefits due to ...

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An Update on Recent EBT Fraud Activity

This is a national, regional, and local issue with evidence of heightened activity across the country and, we have seen an uptick in activity here in Rhode Island in the last ...

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SNAP UPDATE: November 2022 Benefits

Since March of 2020, households receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits have been allotted extra emergency SNAP benefits due to the pandemic. ...

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SNAP UPDATE: October 2022 Benefits

Since March of 2020, households receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits have been allotted extra emergency SNAP benefits due to ...

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