Food Stamp Waivers Will Expire For Thirteen Additional RI Municipalities

(Providence, RI)--The Rhode Island Department of Human Services is putting out a notice about food stamp availability.The department says starting on September 1st, there will be 13 additional communities that lose a waiver that allows recipients to receive benefits indefinitely.Able-bodied adults without dependents may be subject to a three-month time limit, according to the department.Those places are: Bristol, Burrillville, Coventry, Cranston, East Greenwich, Foster, Hopkinton, Middletown, Portsmouth, Smithfield, South Kingstown, Tiverton and West Greenwich.The number of cities and towns without the waiver will double in size.


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