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Benefits in Rhode Island
Where to apply and who to call in Rhode Island. For services near you, see the Rhode Island state page.
Medicaid
- Program
- Rhode Island Medicaid (RI Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS); applications handled by RI Department of Human Services (DHS))
- Apply online
- healthyrhode.ri.gov
- By phone
- (855) 697-4347 (DHS call center)
- In person
- A Rhode Island DHS office.
- If you get SSISupplemental Security Income: monthly payments from Social Security for people with disabilities who have low income and few savings.
- Rhode Island is a 1634 stateA state where getting SSI (Supplemental Security Income) gives you Medicaid too, with no separate Medicaid application., so people who get SSI get Medicaid without a separate application.
- If you work
- Sherlock Plan: the Medicaid buy-in for adults with disabilities who work; there may be a monthly premium. Apply with the DHS-2 form and mark the Sherlock Plan box. Questions: 1-855-697-4347.
Medicare Savings Programs and the Medicaid Buy-In also go through this office. How Medicaid works.
Food
- SNAP: find the Rhode Island SNAP office in the USDA state directory, or call 211.
- Find your food bank and home-delivered meals.
- SNAP rules for people with disabilities
Bills and phone
- Energy help (LIHEAP): call 1-866-674-6327 to be sent to your local office.
- Lifeline phone or internet discount: lifelinesupport.org.
- More on bills, shutoffs and housing
Legal help
- Disability rights agency (free)
- Disability Rights Rhode Island, (401) 831-3150
- Legal aid
- LawHelp.org and the LSC legal aid finder
Planning forms
Free Rhode Island advance directive forms, with instructions: Rhode Island forms at CaringInfo. What each form does.
People who help for free
- 211: call or text 2-1-1.
- Medicare counseling (SHIP): shiphelp.org.
- Area Agency on Aging and Aging and Disability Resource Center: Eldercare Locator, 1-800-677-1116.
- Work and benefits counseling (WIPA): choosework.ssa.gov/findhelp.
- Search Rhode Island services in the Atlas
Medicaid details checked October 9, 2026. Disability rights agency from the NDRN member list; forms from CaringInfo. Last reviewed November 9, 2026.
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