What's new at MLS

Tnx to our colleagues in Central MA, just a quick reminder that DTA will replace SNAP benefits for households that lost food (destroyed our unsafe to eat). See Casey Burns email below.  More information on DTA's website HERE including how to request…

Greetings Coalition members. We hope you are gearing up for a rest-filled holiday and New Year. Our next Coalition meeting will be Tuesday, January 23 from 10-11:30. (No meeting on 12/26). State-funded SNAP for Immigrants:  As many of you know, the MA Legislature appropriated…

Happy Friday to all. We are following up to our eblast yesterday with information about next steps and an event at the State House on Wednesday, December 13. What to know:   Gather and share thanks at the State House on Wednesday, 12/13 @ 10 Please join…

As many of you heard at Tuesday's SNAP Coalition meeting, we have GOOD NEWS from the Feeding our Neighbors Coalition. On Monday, December 4th, the Massachusetts Legislature passed and the Governor signed a "Supplemental Budget" that includes $6M in funding for special state-funded SNAP benefits…

Hello all, and happy Tuesday.  We're writing with a brief update on a few things:    Spanish Language Webinar on MassHealth Redeterminations:  The MA Health Care Training Forum is hosting a public webinar in Spanish tomorrow, August 30, about the MassHealth renewal…

We hope you are having a good August. And thanks for bearing with us - This is a long eblast because we have a lot of late August updates! As always, please let us know if you have any questions or issues, and what you and your clients are experiencing.   What to do if difficult to get…

Health Care Working Group @3pm today:  We look forward to seeing you at our Health Care Working Group meeting this afternoon, at 3pm. We'll be discussing MassHealth updates- including the FY24 state budget, MassHealth's 1115 amendment request, MassHealth…

We are forwarding this message from MassHealth about a data breach affecting over 130,000 people including elderly and disabled people who receive a state-funded supplement to the SSI program, premium assistance recipients, older adults receiving home care services from Elder Affairs/ASAPs as well…

We hope you are getting some time off this summer to rest up for the fall where both Congress and the MA Legislature will return to their deliberations.There is NO SNAP Coalition meeting on the 4th Tuesday in August. The next Coalition meeting is Tuesday, September 26th from…

MassHealth and the Connector have posted the new paper application form to be used in applying for MassHealth, subsidized insurance through the Connector, CMSP and the Health Safety Net for people under age 65.  It's the ACA-3 (Oct…