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, about 5,000 families put food on the table with state SNAP. However, DTA had to end state SNAP for all 5,000 families due to lack of funding.

To see the impact of state SNAP in your community, we have posted maps of the number of families cut off from state SNAP by county.

Next steps: Continue to 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 2025.

For resources on federal SNAP rules for immigrant families, click here.