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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…

A reminder that we will be having our regular 4th Wed of the month Health Care Working Group meeting on Wed Feb 28 at 3-4:30. The zoom link should be in your calendar already. The agenda will include hearing from those in attendance on top of mind issues  as well as:  a summary of…

We hope you are enjoying the last few weeks of February. If you have kids on school vacation and you are reading this email, we hope you are at least taking some time off to enjoy the brisk sunshine!   SNAP Coalition - Tuesday, February 27th - 10 to 11:30 AM The next SNAP Coalition…

A few items to share.    State SNAP for MA Immigrants - Materials  Thanks to those of you who attended yesterday’s training on SNAP for Massachusetts immigrants. 196 folks registered in less than 24 hours!  WOW! We are following up with materials for both attendees…

Happy Wednesday - We have good news!   State SNAP for immigrant households - Round 1 benefits issued 2/15! DTA is now issuing state SNAP benefits to legally present immigrants who qualify - the first payment will be available on EBT cards around 11 AM tomorrow, Feb…

As tomorrow's storm comes our way, two things of note:   1. ALL DTA offices are closed for in-person services tomorrow, February 13, due to the storm. DTA has posted an alert on Mass.gov/DTA. The statewide phone line (the Assistance Line) will be open, and SNAP workers will…