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Healthy Incentive Program Benefits Decrease starting in December 2024
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Updated with new information as of 8/9/2024
Five organizations working across the City will hire and train community members to lead outreach for SNAP, HIP, and other government nutrition assistance programs.
New grant opportunity from the Office of Food Justice provides funding to support community leadership, outreach, and education about government nutrition assistance programs
Boston Summer Eats meals are available to youth 18 years and younger for free at over 100 sites
The City is launching the Find Your Food Pantry campaign and increasing access to SNAP benefits.
The Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) is removing the PINs from SNAP EBT cards of roughly 120,000 participants across the state.
Mayor Michelle Wu today announced the appointment of Aliza Wasserman as the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Food Justice (OFJ).
Boston Eats meals are available to youth 18 years and younger at no cost.
The change reflects efforts to increase opportunities to grow and access locally grown food.
Residents using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits can order through Daily Table, a local grocery store chain.
$2.2 million in funding has been awarded to increase community-led food access solutions, provide residents with the opportunity to grow their own foods, and support urban farming.
The Double Up Food Bucks program is looking to expand to more stores and neighborhoods to increase the buying power of SNAP recipients for fresh fruits and vegetables.
Two new and innovative food access resources are available for Boston residents.
The community grants will fund outreach and destigmatization activities.
The fund supports urban farming and Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) projects.
Coupons are available at participating farmer's markets throughout Boston.
Meals are available to youth 18 years and younger at no cost and without registration or ID.
Meal sites open to youth aged 18 and under at no cost with no registration required
Informed by food access needs, agenda supports an equitable and sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic
The Mayor’s Office of Food Access emergency food response system included strengthening the network of food pantries and meal sites throughout the City.
Currently in its third year, the program is looking to expand to more stores to bring affordable fruits and vegetables to Boston's communities.
The funding will allow Fair Foods to continue and expand their supply of fresh produce to immigrant communities.
On July 6, 97 youth meal sites will open through the City of Boston's Summer Eats 2020 program.
More than one million meals have been served at youth sites, and more than 60,000 meals have been served at adult sites.
Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced the City of Boston is now serving adults, in addition to children and youth, at six meal sites in East Boston, Dorchester, South Boston, Roxbury, Mattapan, and Brighton...
Students at the Gardner Pilot Academy formed a Wellness Wednesday community to meet during their lunch period.
Green City Growers, an organization that installs raised garden beds in schools and leads garden lessons in outdoor classrooms, partnered with the Kenny School in Dorchester.
The Specialty Fair, which happens four times a year, is a reward system that a team of educators have developed to incentivize students at Maurice J. Tobin K-8 School.
