BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance has begun issuing February SNAP benefits to the vast majority of households who use the federal Read More Skip to content ...

Under the current SNAP framework, 17-year-old students are eligible to receive SNAP benefits if they are working, their income is not counted toward the household total to make sure the family ...

News; Massachusetts strives to repair faulty SNAP system after thousands report lost food stamp applications in 2015. Updated: ; Jan. 31, 2016, 11:27 a.m. | Published ...

Chicopee, MASS--Roughly 113,000 western Massachusetts residents rely on SNAP benefits and as concerns around looming federal budget cuts grow bigger, the area’s food bank said they worry it ...

“The SNAP caseload has increased 40% since the start of COVID,” Christina Maxwell. Director of Programs at The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts explained.

Many are expressing their concerns and advocating for the program to be fully funded again. They argue that it lets SNAP recipients buy fresh produce from farmers many of whom specialize in ...

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Massachusetts has led efforts to address these issues together. In 2011, the Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) secured a USDA grant to find out if recipients of SNAP (food ...

From 11 p.m. Saturday, April 26, to midday Sunday, April 27, Massachusetts residents receiving SNAP benefits will be unable to use their EBT cards for food or cash purchases, or for cash withdrawals.

BOSTON (AP) -- The Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance has begun issuing February SNAP benefits to the vast majority of households who use the federal Supplemental Nutrition ...

Chicopee, MASS--Roughly 113,000 western Massachusetts residents rely on SNAP benefits and as concerns around looming federal budget cuts grow bigger, the area’s food bank said they worry it ...