What's new at MLS

We'll be combining our November and December Health Care Working Group meetings, so that our next and last HCWG meeting of the year will be Wednesday, December 8 from 3-4:30pm. Please save the date.    Also, some health updates: 1. Open Enrollment 2022 2. Personnel…

This is a special eblast to give you an update on SNAP households impacted by 10/26 and 10/27 Nor-easter and SNAP replacement benefits. DTA now has street lists from National Grid and EverSource Lists by municipality that will be used to confirm/verify the household's outage. Yesterday,…

We hope you all are safe after yesterday's storms. Please see below for 2 important updates! Reminder there is NO Coalition meeting tomorrow. Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, Sept. 14th.    SNAP replacement benefits for households who lost power due to…

August 18, 2021 Health Updates On Aug 18, 2021 MassHealth Released Its Draft 1115 Waiver Renewal Proposal for Comment MassHealth has operated under a comprehensive 1115 demonstration since 1997 affecting most of its members under age 65. The current demonstration period expires in June 2022…

Lots of news below, including a permanent boost in SNAP effective 10/1, but also a “benefits cliff” loss of Unemployment benefits after Labor Day.   There is NO SNAP Coalition meeting next week. We will have two Coalition meetings in September –September 14thand…

This is just a brief reminder of the SNAP Coalition meeting tomorrow and other important updates. NOTE – there is NO Coalition on August 24th. Next one is September 28th.  SNAP Coalition Meeting Tuesday, August 10th from 10-11:30. The agenda will include: Federal…

Hoping you are all getting some time off this summer to enjoy the beach and being with family, while also staying safe!   Next and Fall SNAP Coalition Meetings:  The next (and last before September) SNAP Coalition meetings is Tuesday, August 10, 2021 from 10 to 11:30…

TO:  Food SNAP Coalition Members FR:  Pat Baker Happy Veterans Day and Happy 11-11-11.  We wanted to be sure you saw today's Globe editorial exhorting local cities and towns to reach out to local veterans and their families in financial need and help them access…

We received a copy of the email below llate last week announcing a change in the guard at DTA. Julia Kehoe will be moving over to EOHHS to take on a new Senior Policy Development position and Daniel Curley of the Justice Resource Institute will be taking the DTA helm. EOHHS Secretary Dr. Bigby's…