Historical archive

Federal food stamp allotments and deductions increase effective October 1, 2007. DTA's notices for October still use the old amounts, but people should receive the increased amounts in October. A chart from the Food Research Action Center with the new amounts is attached.

The federal food stamp benefit levels, shelter related deductions andsome of the gross income and net income tests increased October 1st due to the annual COLA.   Information on how this effects FS eligibility and benefits.

Various charts showing the gross income tests and maximum benefits for households in various categories. These charts are general in nature. If you are trying to figure out eligibility and allotment for a particular household,be sure to check the more specific allotment charts in the FS…

Issued through Field Operations Memo 2005-1A

See also Field Operations Memo 2005-16 describing changes in form.

Summary by regarding relevant portions of House 1.

Attached is MLRI's dissent from the DTA Welfare Reform Advisory Committee's 2004 report. The report with this dissent, comments of the Mass Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition and others is available on the DTA website (https://www.mass.gov/orgs/department-of-transitional-assistance). 

RAFT provides housing assistance up to $3,000 to families at risk of homelessness. Attached is a description of the program, income eligibility guidelines for 2004, and a list of the regional agencies distributing the money. As you may have anticipated, there has been an overwhelming interest in the…

This is an updated DTA brochure on child care. It is inaccurate as it states you can only get TAFDC child care if you are doing 20 hours. Under the statute, they have to give you child care if you are working or in an approved activity (which is often less than 20 hours). DTA has agreed but this…

Tables and chart of DTA's EAEDC caseload by TAO (local office), from February 1997 through April 2003, in PDF and Excel spreadsheet.