R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-15.7-2: State grants.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, the governor is authorized to make financial grants to meet disaster-related necessary expenses or serious needs of individuals or families adversely affected by a major disaster which cannot otherwise adequately be met from other means of assistance, which shall not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) in the aggregate, to an individual or family in any single major disaster declared by the president of the United States.