Overview The Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) administers Bay State CAP under a waiver from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Read More

In May 2009, the Department sent outreach notices to 13,000 SSI clients who appeared eligible for Bay State CAP food assistance benefits. Read More

A DTA pamphlet explaining how participants in BayState Cap can use their EBT cards to access food stamps benefits.  Originally attached to Field Ops Memo 2005-27. Read More

The Phase Three Bay State CAP outreach effort is underway. Read More

Phase Three will target approximately 13,000 Bay State CAP eligible individuals who are coded for SSI purposes in State Living Arrangement A (living alone) and will be implemented through automatic en Read More

Covers multiple general improvements and new eligibility for some elders and for SSI recipients with short-term (less than 30 day) SSI case closure. Read More

DTA flier for clients on Bay State Cap Food Stamps. Read More

This Field Operations Memo discusses the impact of this change on TAO staff and provides AU Manager instructions for processing these AUs as well as error rate implications. Read More

Recertification of Bay State CAP Assistance Units (AUs) will occur either when the Social Security Administration (SSA) redetermines eligibility for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or when the De Read More

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Combined Application Project (Bay State CAP) created a new and simpler way for eligible Supplemental Security Income (SSI) applicants/recipients to apply for food a Read More