What's new at MLS

A few updates below. Thee most critical and important is Monday’s event at the State House: Join MLRI & MA Coalition for the Homeless Monday 11-Noon in front of the State House to uphold shelter for children and families   We urge you to join us on Monday to call on the Governor…

ICYMI - tomorrow is the LAST SNAP Coalition meeting before the 4th Tuesday in September.   Just popping this email from Friday back into your inbox with the Zoom link   Coalition meeting Tuesday, July 23 - last Coalition meeting until September! Our next Coalition meeting…

A brief note to flag that DTA Connect has been experiencing technical difficulties. Many folks may not have been able to access DTA Connect yesterday or this morning. DTA has an alert posted on Mass.gov/DTA about this.  The DTAConnect online applications for SNAP and cash benefits…

Greetings all, hoping you had a rest filled 4th of July break. We want to share some important updates and reminders as summer rolls on. We also attached DTA’s July updates to the Advisory Boards, which covers a number of the things below. Our next Coalition meeting will be on Tuesday,…

Hi Everyone, At last week's meeting we heard about PA Prior Authorization and were cut short hearing about "referred eligibles." Attached & set out below is more information about both.   PCA Prior Authorization. Attached are a few of the charts we showed you at last week's…

Tuesday, April 26 SNAP Coalition from 10-11:30 AM   We are looking forward to seeing you on Zoom tomorrow! Here is the Zoom link, and an agenda is below.  Federal updates from FRAC State Budget and Legislative update Public Health Emergency extended, and what that…

In lieu of an April Health Care Working Group meeting, MLRI is hosting a PCA Training for Advocates on May 4 at 10am (see below, and attached flyer for more information). Our next Health Care Working Group meeting will be late May- stay tuned for more info on that…

Our next SNAP Coalition meeting is Tuesday, April 26th from 10 to 11:30 AM. Here’s the Zoom link.    We have a couple of important updates in the meantime including new income levels for Fuel Assistance, upcoming Veterans Benefits training, public charge comments (org deadline to…

Public Charge Comment Deadline Approaching Has your organization signed on to the PIF public charge comment yet?   We are encouraging Massachusetts organizations to sign on to the national comments prepared by the Protecting Immigrant Families (PIF) network. Those comments can be…

Important updates below. Our next SNAP Coalition meeting will be Tuesday 4/26 at 10 AM. Here is the Zoom link, agenda to come.  MLRI Analysis of FY23 House Ways and Means Budget Here’s a link to our budget analysis of selected sections of the FY23 State Budget including…