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The Legislature’s Conference Committee released its’ FY20 budget, proposing $43 billion in expenditures including funding for hunger relief priorities.
1 in 11 people struggle with Food Insecurity in MA. Our Commonwealth can do better. Please support hunger relief in the FY20 budget.
The House Committee on Ways and Means proposed $18.8 million for the Massachusetts Emergency Food Assistance Program (MEFAP), meaning an increase of 1,000,000 additionally healthy meals.
This is a critical year for protecting federal assistance programs, such as SNAP, the nation’s largest anti-hunger program, and CSFP, which provides staple food items to low-income seniors.
We need you to send a message to Congress today. Millions of food-insecure people would be at risk of losing access to critical hunger-relief programs if changes proposed in the president’s FY19 budget are enacted.