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Yesterday afternoon, Governor Maura Healey released a FY23 “Supplemental Budget” to address a number of fiscal crises in the Commonwealth including the growing need for emergency shelter for new arrivals and funding to continue universal school meals for the rest of the 22/23 school…

Greetings SNAP Coalition members and thanks to the 140+ folks who attended Tuesday’s meeting.  We have a LOT going on the next few weeks! And if you are in Boston today, the Feed Kids Campaign has State House event at 11 AM and the Lift Our Kids Campaign has a State House event at 2 PM!…

Looking forward to seeing many of you tomorrow for our regular 4th Tuesday SNAP Coalition meeting!  Below is the Zoom link.   SNAP Coalition AGENDA: Federal SNAP updates - status of newly filed SNAP legislation and other updates from our colleagues at FRAC  2023…

Our next SNAP Coalition meeting will be next Tuesday, 1/24, from 10-11:30. Agenda to come. Zoom link is here. 3/2 end to extra COVID SNAP (Emergency Allotments): Materials, harm estimates, tracking the impact Thanks to all who attended the January 10th Coalition meeting on the sunsetting of…

Happy 2023. We have a set of important updates for you all, with more to come in the weeks ahead. And ICYMI, the Boston Globe published a fantastic 12/31 article about our MA delegation anti-hunger champ Representative Jim McGovern, and his continued advocacy to end hunger for low-income families.…

The Massachusetts House and Senate have each completed their work on their respective FY23 budgets, which are now in “Conference Committee” where the six “Conferees” work out the differences.  There are FOUR top budget priorities that need your…