What's new at MLS

1.      MassHealth Listening Session on Dec 12 regarding approval of PCA hours Important Notices & News On Monday, December 12 at 10:00am, MassHealth will be hosting a Public Listening Session to ask for feedback about an upcoming change in the MassHealth…

Good morning, Hunger Free Campus Coalition advocates, Massachusetts can make history in 2022 by passing a Hunger Free Campus Initiative this month!   1 in 3 college students face food insecurity.  Senators Harriette Chandler, Joan Lovely and many of their Senate colleagues have asked…

Tnx to all who attended the SNAP Coalition meeting this AM and Thnx to our friends at the Food Research and Action Center for leading the discussion on federal issues.   Please see the FRAC Action Alert below. We need folks to contact Senator Markey and Senator Warren's office THIS…

We hope to see you at our Health Care Working Group meeting this Wednesday, Dec. 7, at 3pm!   Meeting Agenda:   1. Advocacy priorities for 2023:  The following groups plan to present their advocacy priorities: Language Access Coalition, 1199 SEIU, Health Care…

Greetings Coalition members. We have lots of important updates as 2022 comes to a close.   December 6th SNAP Coalition Meeting: Our final 2022 Coalition meeting is Tuesday, December 6th from 10 to 11:30 AM. The Zoom link is here (note it is a different link than our normal Zoom…

Hello all, I hope everybody had a restful long weekend!    Our next (and last of the year) Health Care Working Group meeting will be next Wednesday, December 7, 3-4:30pm.    We thought it would be helpful for everybody to hear about each other's…

We hope you have a very good holiday week with family and friends. Our next Coalition meeting will be December 6 from 10-11:30. Here is the Zoom link for the 12/6 meeting (note it is a different link from our normal 4th Tuesday meetings!). There is NO Coalition meeting in…

The Massachusetts Law Reform Institute now has more resources available to devote to addressing health access issues for returning citizens and other criminal-justice involved individuals. We are hiring for someone to lead this project and hope you can help spread the word to your…

First HUGE THANKS to all the MA orgs who signed onto the letter to Congress urging extension of the CTC and EITC.  We have over 75 MA orgs and still counting. Once FRAC posts the final letter, we will ship on the link. MA Rocks! .   Biden Admin to extend the Public Health Emergency…

Federal officials promised the states at least 60 days advance notice of the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. There was no such notice that the most recent 90-day extension of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency  through Jan 11, 2023 will be the last.  During the…