Tag: SNAP
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Allston-Brighton Food Pantry to reopen early May
The Allston-Brighton Food Pantry is aiming to re-open during the first week of May as it undergoes repairs caused by winter storms earlier this year. The food pantry has been closed since February 6 after winter storms led to structural…
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There’s been a decline in SNAP sales at Mass. farmers markets since Nov. 1
Massachusetts farmers are beginning to feel the effects of reduced federal SNAP benefits, with some businesses reporting their SNAP are down by half at farmers markets around Boston. Nov. 1 was the one-month mark for the federal government shutdown that…
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SNAP benefits were frozen. How Mass. food pantries are trying to fill the gap
With the federal shutdown creating uncertainty for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, food pantries throughout MetroWest are trying to fill the gap for the more than 1 million Massachusetts residents who rely on the program to buy groceries. Massachusetts Attorney General…
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Can state funds cover gap left by federal food aid restrictions?
Thousands of legally present immigrants in Massachusetts at risk of losing federal food aid would be eligible for state-funded benefits under a legislative proposal aimed at addressing growing food insecurity. The measure, proposed by state Rep. Antonio Cabral, a New…