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Nonprofits aim to address worsened food insecurity in Boston

Isabella Abraham April 15, 2021
One year in, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to leave many Boston residents facing food insecurity.
Massachusetts residents who receive food stamps under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program may have their benefits cut by the Trump administration. YICHEN MA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Massachusetts residents might see cut in food stamp benefits

Amanda Cappelli November 20, 2019
Local residents relying on food stamps might suffer a cut in benefits. The White House has proposed a plan to adjust how eligibility is calculated, and it puts low-income Massachusetts households in the state at a disadvantage.

EDIT: Food stamps for the few

Daily Free Press Admin September 17, 2013

You’re tired after working a 12-hour shift at the supermarket. You left when the kids went to school, and now you’re back hours after they got home.  Your spouse has been gone for months. Your kids...

Mass. has 3rd-highest food stamp growth in N.E.

Daily Free Press Admin September 11, 2012

While food-stamp usage has risen across the nation, Massachusetts landed as one of the top New England states with the highest growth in food-stamp usage, according to an article published in the Federal...

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