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Divya Nair
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Basic needs are increasingly out of reach for too many of our neighbors

All Rhode Islanders deserve a safe place to live with food on the table and opportunities to thrive. However, according to EPI's 2022 RI Standard of Need report, 61 percent of single adults and 70 percent of single parents with two children cannot afford to meet their basic needs. Rhode Island workers and families deserve a livable wage and need additional supports, like tax credits, child care subsidies, or cash assistance to make ends meet.

Improving RI Works

Improving RI Works

Increase the RI Works benefits and link them to inflation; restore eligibility to legal permanent residents; and repeal full-family sanctions.

Ending Predatory Lending

End predatory payday lending

Repeal the statute that permits payday lenders to charge effective APR of 260% and drives people into cycles of debt.

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