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We are looking forward to seeing many of you tomorrow, September 28th for our regular SNAP Coalition meeting from 10 to 11:30 AM.  Here’s the ZOOM link.    The Coalition AGENDA will…

  We are looking forward to seeing many of you tomorrow, September 28th for our regular SNAP Coalition meeting from 10 to 11:30 AM.  Here’s the ZOOM link.    The Coalition AGENDA will…

As you may know, Mass Continuing Legal Education had some issues with their website in March and April, and had to postpone a number of their trainings. (In some cases, they also were unable to notify many registrants in advance of cancelled sessions, for which they deeply apologize and…

Info on tomorrow's SNAP Coalition meeting below, along with an overview of the tens of millions of critical P-EBT dollars going out to families today!!   SNAP Coalition - tomorrow, 4/13 from 10-11:30 AM   The agenda for our meeting will include federal updates, the state…

  1. Health Care Working Group tomorrow April 13, 2021 3:30-5. Agenda: American Rescue Plan Act, MassHealth Redeterminations, MassHealth 1115 amendments & renewal.     2. VACCINE EQUITY STORY CAMPAIGN-town hall tonight:  The Vaccine Equity…

MassHealth Initiatives to Control Costs MassHealth enrollment is at 1.9 million and continues to grow. MassHealth announced a series of initiatives designed to prune the roles of people who may not be eligible.  Unfortunately, the pruning is likely to also affect individuals who remain…

SNAP Interview Calls: We have been seeing cases where clients do not receive an interview call  from DTA at the scheduled interview time. The client then receives a "notice of missed interview."  First, please let us know if you have any clients who do not get an interview call…

See also last week's Boston Globe opinion piece on same: https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/09/26/facing-hunger-college-campuses/5YuqiPlgugUwIUhuv3SsBI/story.html ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: James Dubick <james@studentsagainsthunger.org> Date: Wed, Oct 5,…

Settlement in Wage Match case We are writing to alert you to a settlement in wage match lawsuit filed a few years ago against the Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA). In 2014 and 2015 DTA sent hundreds of thousands of notices to SNAP households based on a match with Department of…

Just a reminder to folks in central and western Massachusetts that the Springfield MassHealth Enrollment Center is moving to 88 Industry Ave. Springfield on Monday Oct. 3.  The telephone numbers are unchanged. See the attached flyer with directions to the new location.