What's new at MLS

This is a reminder that our next Health Care Working Group meeting is next Tuesday, April 13, at 3:30pm. We'll be discussing:    1. Brief overview of the American Rescue Plan's impact on Medicaid and Health Connector  2. MassHealth's plan to resume…

Dear SNAP Coalition members: If you registered for the Mass Continuing Legal Education Immigrant/Benefits training that was scheduled for April 8th, it has been POSTPONED to May 6th.    The MCLE server has been down for a couple of weeks. They have IT staff working on it round…

This is just a brief reminder of our upcoming SNAP Coalition meeting on Tuesday, April 13th from 10 to 11:30 AM.  We will have a robust agenda with updates on the SNAP emergency allotments, P-EBT and federal and state legislative updates.   See Zoom…

MCLE, our host for this training, is still having problems with its server and has postponed this training until May 6, 2021. Once the server is back up, people who pre-registered for the April 8, 2021 will be notified about the rescheduled date by MCLE. Apologies if you have reregistered or…

Seriously, this is NO JOKE!  Yesterday, April 1st, the Biden Administration announced that the very lowest income households, the poorest SNAP recipients, will get an additional boost in their SNAP benefits. See April 1st media announcement.  And Massachusetts households will…

A number of updates and resources below - Including the 2021 SNAP Coalition meeting schedule!    SNAP and college students     Expansion of SNAP under December COVID Package: The SNAP rules have not yet changed for college students. Massachusetts…

  Thanks all for attending Tuesday’s 1/26/21 interim SNAP Coalition meeting (over 120 attendees – wow!). Big thanks to FRAC and to our state partners for important state legislative and budget campaigns.  We are sending two emails today. This is the first with information on…

Special SNAP Coalition call info below along with other updates - including a flier on SNAP and unemployment benefits!   Special SNAP Coalition Zoom on Tuesday, 1/26 from 10-11 to cover federal updates!   In light of Friday's executive order, we are having a…

Extension of Health Connector Open Enrollment 2021   The Health Connector announced today that Open Enrollment has been extended through March 23, 2021.   This means that you can continue to help consumers apply for health insurance coverage and if they are eligible…

What an exciting and emotional week. In the face of of sky high food insecurity, a worsening pandemic, and the scourge of white supremacy in our country - We are very glad to be in this new era and we are deeply optimistic about opportunities for change. Which brings us…