Sign Up to Join Our Campaign to Lift Families Out of Deep Poverty
By signing below you agree to be counted as a Rhode Islander who supports the changes proposed in the bills and to receive communication from The Campaign about how to help achieve passage. We will not publish your name.
I understand that the campaign will:
- Lift children out of deep poverty by increasing the RI Works monthly payment to 50% of the federal poverty level. The monthly benefit for a family of three would rise from $721 to $1,036. The benefit would be adjusted for future years to keep pace with inflation.
- Eliminate full family sanctions which falls disproportionately on parents who have significant barriers.
- Eliminate the five-year waiting period for Legal Permanent Residents to qualify for the program, a waiting period that was only introduced in 2008.