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Warm Greetings! For the next several days, we will be experiencing extreme cold weather conditions. There are many dangers to person and home to watch out for when temperatures drop this low. Towns and cities across the Commonwealth have opened Warming Centers or shelters to help keep…

Hello on this sunny, cold day! Today is National Poetry at Work Day! Reading and writing poetry has many benefits: from providing an outlet for creative expression to fostering the exploration of one’s relationship with the world. Haikus and limericks are the easiest entry into poetry…

January 28 Coalition meeting information Our first SNAP Coalition meeting of 2025 will be on Tuesday, January 28 from 10-11:30. Zoom link here. Congressman Jim McGovern is planning to join us at the start of the meeting, so please tune in right at 10! We will have a full agenda,…

We hope you all are having a positive start to 2025. Our next SNAP Coalition meeting will be on Tuesday, January 28 from 10-11:30. Zoom link here. We will have a lot to discuss, and look forward to seeing you then. In the meantime, see some timely updates. How to reduce risk of SNAP theft…

Happy New Year! What’s in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet;      Shakespeare, Romeo and Julie, Act II Scene II A good name is rather to be chosen than riches…      King Solomon, Proverbs 22:1 Last September, Governor…

  We are forwarding the notice from CMS of a comment period on the 1115 amendment requests that MassHealth submitted on Oct 16, 2023. Comments to CMS are due Nov 29, 2023.  In September, MassHealth accepted comments on its proposed requests for 1115 amendments and its October request…

As we head into the weekend, we wanted to say we know it is a very heavy and hard time around the world and here in New England. We feel this with all of you. We are sending you care and hope you have time together with loved ones in the sunshine this weekend. A particular note of support and…

Please see this message below from our housing unit colleagues, and consider signing onto this letter by 12pm Monday (Oct 30):   On October 16 Governor Healey announced that the state will no longer guarantee access to Emergency Assistance (EA) shelter…

We look forward to seeing you at the Thursday Oct 26 health care working group meeting at 3 pm tomorrow. This is the zoom link Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89190732365?pwd=b0FUaFNhTFAzeEJZNzlVYmhGSEJHdz09   Agenda Open Enrollment 2024 & What's New…

SNAP Coalition Agenda: Tomorrow, Tuesday 10/24 from 10-11:30 AM As always, we have a jam-packed agenda for tomorrow. Brittany Mangini from DTA will be joining us. Zoom link here.  Federal updates - reminder about FNS guidance on SNAP for November/December in case of a shutdown in…