PROVIDENCE, R.I. — About 70 Rhode Island Department of Human Services employees received layoff notices Thursday as the agency reorganizes in anticipation of installing a new $350-million-plus technology system to verify eligibility for social service programs, officials said. The system replaces one that’s 30 years old; it goes live Sept. 13. The reorganization also marks a change in the way social-service eligibility is applied for and determined. Clients will be able to apply for and
Source: 70 lose jobs in reorganization at R.I. Department of Human Services
