Executive Director John Thomas provides local data for Mass Live article on food insecurity
‘Right on the margins’ Even before the SNAP freeze, Mass. families were already going hungry By Will Katcher | WKatcher@masslive.com When Maria Guerrero was raising three kids on her own in Lynn, she visited a food pantry about once a month to make sure her family had enough to eat. But it wasn’t until about […]
SNAP, the budget shutdown, updates and impact on our community
This morning, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payments, suspended Saturday, Nov. 1st, could restart as early as Wednesday, Nov. 5, after two federal judges directed the Trump Administration to utilize a contingency reserve fund designed to temporarily maintain the food relief program in an emergency. SNAP costs roughly $8 billion each […]
Latest Greater Boston Food Bank report arrives as federal safety net erodes
“Proposed federal budget cuts to food and health programs will deepen the already serious hunger crisis facing one in three Massachusetts families. The Sudbury Community Food Pantry urges the public and policymakers to understand what’s at stake for thousands of vulnerable residents who rely on safety-net programs to survive. This month, the Greater Boston Food […]