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A few updates below. Thee most critical and important is Monday’s event at the State House: Join MLRI & MA Coalition for the Homeless Monday 11-Noon in front of the State House to uphold shelter for children and families   We urge you to join us on Monday to call on the Governor…

ICYMI - tomorrow is the LAST SNAP Coalition meeting before the 4th Tuesday in September.   Just popping this email from Friday back into your inbox with the Zoom link   Coalition meeting Tuesday, July 23 - last Coalition meeting until September! Our next Coalition meeting…

A brief note to flag that DTA Connect has been experiencing technical difficulties. Many folks may not have been able to access DTA Connect yesterday or this morning. DTA has an alert posted on Mass.gov/DTA about this.  The DTAConnect online applications for SNAP and cash benefits…

Greetings all, hoping you had a rest filled 4th of July break. We want to share some important updates and reminders as summer rolls on. We also attached DTA’s July updates to the Advisory Boards, which covers a number of the things below. Our next Coalition meeting will be on Tuesday,…

Hi Everyone, At last week's meeting we heard about PA Prior Authorization and were cut short hearing about "referred eligibles." Attached & set out below is more information about both.   PCA Prior Authorization. Attached are a few of the charts we showed you at last week's…

Greetings Coalition members.  We have some SNAP updates and information on upcoming events. Our next SNAP Coalition meeting is Tuesday, March 26th from 10 to 11:30 AM.  Agenda to follow next week.  How to get help from DTA & new option to report changes on…

We hope you are finding ways to stay cool during this wild heatwave (officially a heatwave at 3 days!)  Here are some cooling locations around Boston if you need it.  SNAP Gap in the News – Please reach out to FY22 Conference Committee to close the deal! Just flagging…

Dan Tsai who has been Asst. Sec of MassHealth & Medicaid Director for the last 6 years is leaving to become Director of Medicaid & CHIP services with the Biden Administration.     See the press release from CMS, and news story from MassLive…

Our next Coalition meeting will be Tuesday, July 13, from 10-11:30 - The bulk of this Coalition meeting will be a presentation focused on a) the results of the Shah Foundation/MassInc study (see below) and b) some of the top SNAP outreach partners (Project Bread, Food Banks of Western MA…

MLRI SNAP Outreach Flier for Rideshare, Delivery, and other Gig Workers - in English, Spanish, and Portuguese We’ve received a number of questions about how self-employed individuals should report and verify their income when they apply SNAP benefits.  Rideshare and delivery workers…