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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026

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J O I N T   R E S O L U T I O N

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $4,800,000 TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION

ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP) EAT WELL, BE WELL REWARDS PROGRAM

     

     Introduced By: Senator Valarie J. Lawson

     Date Introduced: May 22, 2026

     Referred To: Senate Finance

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     WHEREAS, The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Eat Well, Be Well

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Rewards Program is the first statewide program of its kind in the country; and

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     WHEREAS, The Eat Well, Be Well Rewards Program provides approximately 90,000

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Rhode Island households with up to $25 a month in additional benefits to purchase fruits and

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vegetables; and

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     WHEREAS, The Eat Well, Be Well Rewards Program is a vital safety net for the

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approximately 144,000 SNAP recipients struggling with food insecurity and access to healthy,

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nutritious foods; and

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     WHEREAS, The Eat Well, Be Well Rewards Program increases the amount of nutritious

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foods on the tables of our most vulnerable neighbors; now, therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not

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otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the sum of four million eight

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hundred thousand dollars ($4,800,000) to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Eat

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Well, Be Well Rewards Program; and the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to

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draw their orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of said sum, upon receipt of properly

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authenticated vouchers.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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J O I N T   R E S O L U T I O N

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $4,800,000 TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION

ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP) EAT WELL, BE WELL REWARDS PROGRAM

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     This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $4,800,000 to the

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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Eat Well, Be Well Rewards Program.

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