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The president's budget bill was six months in the making and a major legislative win from Republicans and the White House but food banks in Massachusetts are worried about its impact on them. The ...
As cuts to food assistance come down from the Trump administration, Massachusetts will create an anti-hunger task force to advise on mitigating the losses, Gov. Maura Healey announced Thursday.
The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts is looking to preserve programs that face cuts in the coming months because of the ...
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 Senate narrowly passed President Trump’s tax and spending plan Tuesday, making it one step closer to becoming law.
NORTHAMPTON — Though Massachusetts is not one of at least six states that will lose out on $500 million in food deliveries promised by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the leader of the ...
The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts and UMass Extension Nutrition Education Program have been selected by the Baker-Polito Administration for the new SNAP Nutrition Education Program in the ...
More than half of a million Massachusetts households are set to receive state-funded supplements for food assistance next week, the first of three allotments over the next couple of months.
Instacart is expanding its services to SNAP recipients as many states, including Massachusetts, have SNAP benefits returning to pre-pandemic levels. “As grocery budgets tighten for millions ...
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 ...