The boost is part of a $130 million plan that the Legislature and Gov. Maura Healey agreed to in order to provide heightened monthly SNAP benefits — but only for another three months — now that the federal emergency payments have ended.
Hundreds of thousands of Massachusetts families receiving food aid through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will get extra payments of at least $38 this week, the Healey administration announced Friday.a now-expired federal enhancement to SNAP
, the Department of Transitional Assistance announced the first payments will flow on Friday, April 7. More than 650,000 households are in line for payments worth up to 40% of the enhanced federal benefits, with the minimum set at $38, DTA said.
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