What's new at MLS

We have a number of updates for you all! Our next Coalition meeting will be Tuesday 4/26 at 10 AM.  Pandemic EBT for school kids - first payments go out on 5/25    USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service approved DTA’s plan to issue Pandemic EBT for the 2021-2022 school…

The Children's Health Access Coalition is hosting a Legislative Briefing on the Cover All Kids bill (S.762 An Act to ensure equitable health coverage for children) next Tuesday, April 5 from 1-2pm.    This bill would ensure that all income-eligible children and young…

March 29, 2022 COVID-19 Update Congress is at an impasse over further COVID 19 funding. One casualty is the federal fund administered by HRSA to reimburse providers for testing, treating & vaccinating the uninsured that stopped accepting claims on March 22 for testing and treatment…

We just wanted to flag for Coalition members the upcoming Immigrants and Public Benefits training on Thursday, April 8th, where you will learn a ton of critical information to help immigrant households.    NOTE: To get the discounted training fee when you register, the…

We have a lot of updates for you all! For those who attended the excellent FRAC/Feeding America National Anti-Hunger Conference last week. It was chock full of amazing presentations,  we learned a lot and, and we hope you did, too!  The majority of sessions were recorded and can be viewed…

1. Please consider signing your organization onto this letter of support for H1246/S749 An Act Protecting The Homes Of Seniors And Disabled People On MassHealth. The letter and a fact sheet about the bill are  attached. The bill was reported favorably out of the Joint Health…

Hi Folks, We're forwarding this announcement from MassHealth & the Connector with links to  updated income Tables & Flyers, updated Application Forms and other resources.   MLRI's March 1, 2022 version of our upper income limit Table for Health Coverage programs is…

We have two quick updates.     First, the registration link for the Disaster SNAP webinar hosted by FRAC on Tuesday, Mar 8th from 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST was not working properly. The correct link is: …

2022 Federal Poverty Levels eff. March 1 for MassHealth, HSN and CMSP   MassHealth updates its income standards with the current year's poverty level on March 1. This is a link to the MassHealth 2022 Desk Guide which shows the upper income levels for MassHealth and Medicare Savings…

We’ve got a LOT to share with you on K-12 school meals, SNAP for college students and some upcoming events on Disaster SNAP and ACP! The next SNAP Coalition meeting is Tuesday, March 22nd (10 to 11:30 AM).   SCHOOL MEALS    Ask Congress to Extend USDA waiver authority…