R.I. Gen. Laws § 40-8.1-3: Eligibility for services.

Services available under this chapter may be provided to any person who meets the following criteria:

(1) Has made application therefor to the director of the department of human services in a manner prescribed by the director;

(2) Has a severe physical disability that caused the person to be unduly dependent, the disability to be certified by the division of vocational rehabilitation; and

(3) Has not sufficient income or resources to meet the cost of home-care services, a determination of insufficiency to be made by the division of vocational rehabilitation.