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The Guide's List of Programs
Information in the Guide is current as of January 17, 2012

INCOME SUPPORTS
•  Child Support
•  General Public Assistance (GPA)
•  Rhode Island Works Program
•  Supplemental Security Income (SSI)       
•  Unemployment Insurance

FOOD ASSISTANCE
•  Free or Reduced Lunch and Breakfast
•  SNAP (formerly Food Stamps)
•  Summer Food Service Program
•  WIC (Supplemental Food Programs for Women, Infants and Children)
•  Other Food Assistance

HEALTH CARE
•  Dental Assistance
•  Emergency Medical Assistance
•  General Public Assistance (GPA) Medical
•  Hospital Free Care
•  Katie Beckett Program
•  Medical Assistance (Medicaid)
•  Medical Assistance for Women Diagnosed with Breast or Cervical Cancer
•  Medicare Premium Assistance Programs
•  Pharmaceutical Assistance
•  RIte Care/RIte Share (Medical Assistance)
•  R.I. Pharmaceutical Assistance for the Elderly Program
•  Other Health Resources
•  Free Clinics

CHILD CARE
•  Child Care Subsidy Program
•  Head Start and Early Head Start

HOUSING
•  Rental Assistance
•  Road Home Emergency Housing Assistance Program
•  Other Housing Assistance
•  Hardest Hit Fund

UTILITIES
•  LIHEAP (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program)
•  Telephone Assistance Lifeline Program

TAX CREDITS
•  Child Care Tax Credit
•  Child Tax Credit
•  Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)
•  Property Tax Relief Circuit Breaker Program 

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