Why Rhode Island can‘t afford to lose the race to reduce its SNAP error rate

By: Nancy Lavin

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: April 20, 2026

Words: 2,089

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Kimberly Merolla-Brito strode toward lawmakers clutching stacks of papers detailing the plan to overhaul the state’s food assistance program. But the director for the Department of Human Services barely glanced at the binder of materials during her hourlong presentation to the House Committee on Finance on March 25.

She didn’t need to.

Merolla-Brito has spent much of the last year immersed in the herculean task of improving accuracy in Rhode Island’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance …

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