On December 4, 2023 the Massachusetts Legislature passed and Governor Healey signed into law a supplemental budget that included $6M in funding for legally present immigrants to qualify for state-funded SNAP benefits. This was a huge victory for the Feeding Our Neighbors Campaign!

DTA started issuing state SNAP in mid February. By late April, 4,400 families put food on the table with state SNAP. However, DTA had to end state SNAP for about 5,000 families due to lack of funding.

Next steps: Contact your State Rep and Senator and tell them how the loss of state SNAP has impacted immigrant families in your communities. See Fact Sheet here. Ask them to push for funding in an upcoming state budget vehicle. Urge them to minimally support restoring SNAP to immigrant children, older adults and immigrants with illness or disabilities.