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SNAP Coalition AGENDA:  The agenda is subject to change, but currently includes: updates on Pandemic EBT, DTA operations and other DTA issues action for community group on P-EBT and bringing in newly poor families  overview of Unemployment Insurance - what's…

Here are this week’s COVID-19 related updates.  Our next SNAP Coalition call is Tuesday, April 14th at 10 AM, Look out for an eblast with log in info.  Pandemic EBT Benefits coming soon:  We’ve been getting lots of questions about the upcoming…

Greetings again. First, a quick reminder that DTA Central will be hopping on the Central MA SNAP Coalition Zoom call at 10 AM tomorrow if you want to get more updates in the first half hour (see Zoom meeting call in below). You can hop off any time.  DTA Text Message to Households…

As promised on this AM's SNAP Call, below is the sign on letter that Congressman McGovern's office is distributing. Deadline is Noon, Friday, April 3rd.  If Members of Congress (MOCs) wish to sign-on, ask them to please  USE THIS FORM by 12p this Friday, 4/3. If MOC…

Thanks to the more than 130 of you who tuned in for a robust discussion this morning. We will share a Zoom link later, but note that for at least the next few weeks we will be having COVID-19 SNAP Coalition calls every Tuesday morning at 10 AM. A number of resources…

Does the US Census count matter for Massachusetts?  Absolutely!  Everything from how many Congressional Districts we have to the allocation of certain federal means-tested dollars to the state and more.  Thanks to our friends at AARP Massachusetts (why reinvent the wheel?),…

There’s  been a lot of media since the early December  release of federal SNAP rules that impact individuals age 18 to 50 who are “able bodied without dependents” or “ABAWDs.”  What’s happening is very confusing, much like learning a new dance step…

It's time to register for MLRI's SNAP 101 Advocacy Training at Mass Continuing Legal Education in Boston on Wednesday February 5th!     In addition to the SNAP basics and important updates in SNAP land, you will receive a hot-off-the-press paperback copy…

Today is the 6th Day of 2020 - Happy New Decade!  Hope you are all rested up from the holidays for the battles that lie ahead in SNAPland!  And remember to use the hashtag, #HandsOffSNAP     We are writing with a couple of important updates and…

Commissioner Jeff McCue is leaving DTA in mid-October. MLRI and other advocates for low-income people in Massachusetts deeply appreciate and respect the Commissioner and the work he and his team have done since he became Commissioner in early 2015.  Commissioner McCue put a stop to…