Raising RI

Please join us One Week from today as we Kickoff our 2025 Legislative Priorities to Lift Children Out of Deep Poverty. ✅Protect RI Benefits from Inflation ✅Restore Eligibility for LPRs ✅Increase Child Support Pass-Through ✅Pass Baby Bond Act

We know now that we have more than $52 million dollars. There is $97 million unspent TANF dollars. Please tell your legislators to spend some of it to lift RI children out of deep poverty. This money belongs the children. actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-y…

Take less than 1 minute to send a letter directly to your legislators telling them to support addressing child poverty while providing job readiness. Tell Your State Legislators: Lift Children out of Deep Poverty - Action Network actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-y…

Tomorrow at the Rise (4:30 pm) House Finance Committee (Room 35) will hear @ArtBHandy HB7686 bill to improve RI Works and lift children out of poverty. You can also submit written testimony by 12 pm HouseFinance@rilegislature.gov

Please join us tomorrow at the RI Statehouse at 4:30 pm in support of @MelissaMurrayRI bill S2337! #liftchildrenoutofpoverty

Investments in RI Works and EITC will go a long way to lift Rhode Island children out of poverty.

RI Works, our cash assistance program, should be able to use more of the TANF Block Grant. Especially when we have over $52 million dollars sitting in reserve, while children are living in deep poverty.

We are back again advocating to protect RI children & families from deep poverty. Please join us 3/19 as we launch our 2024 legislative priorities: 🌟Increase the RI works benefits 🌟Undo family sanctions 🌟Support the well-being of immigrant families eventbrite.com/e/raising-ri-k…

Great turnout at yesterday's Adult Social Action Committee @ProgresoLatino! 🌟 Discussed @RaisingRI Coalition w/ @divya__nair & Rep. @ArtBHandy, emphasizing the need for reform in RI Works Program to enhance support for children & families. #CommunityEngagement #advocacy

Thank you, Speaker @JoeShekarchi for your remarks, leadership, and commitment to Rhode Island most vulnerable children and their families.

The TANF program has been @ArtBHandy's top priority since he's been in @RIHouseofReps. He was a force behind long-overdue rate increases and adjustments in the 2022/2023 state budgets for R.I. Works, the state’s cash-assistance and work-readiness program for low-income families.

Create change with EPI as we expand our team to include a Racial Justice Policy Analyst #equity buff.ly/3Qvzde8

Thank you @liveunitedri for presenting the @RaisingRI Coalition with the Community United Award. We remain committed to lifting children and their families out of deep poverty.

@glolynjo Thank you @glolynjo!

I just took action with @raisingri: Sign up to join our campaign to lift families out of deep poverty. Take action here: actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-up-…

Congratulations to the members of the Raising RI on receiving @liveunitedri Community United Award. Join us and the other honorees on October 18th to celebrate our collective impact. uwriweb.org/comm/SinglePag…

Join the @RIinterfaithCo on 6/6, 3 pm at the Statehouse to advocate for the RI Works Bill (S 227 and H 5664) and Free Meals for All (H5639). These bills will help reduce poverty in Rhode Island.

@RIHouseofReps, @RISenate, RI children and their families need you. Please pass the RI Works bills. @RISpeaker @SenatorRuggerio

We call on our General Assembly members to put kids *first* as they enter state budget negotiations. Please see the @RIKidsCount budget priorities on how we can do so with equity. @JoeShekarchi @SenatorRuggerio @RIHouseofReps @RISenate @GovDanMcKee ➡️ myemail.constantcontact.com/Budget-Priorit…

This Thursday, @MelissaMurrayRI bill S227 will be heard at the Senate Finance Committee. 72% of RI Works beneficiaries are children & 38% of these children are < age 6. Improve RI works and help end deep child poverty. Pass S-227.

In Honor all moms on Mother’s Day, we are asking for your support for @artbhandy H5644 and @MelissaMurrayRI S0277 which will lift children out of deep poverty and improve opportunities for parents to get family-sustaining jobs #RIWorks @RISenate @RIHouseofReps