The Massachusetts Law Reform Institute and 95 other Massachusetts organizations joined with over 1,400 state and national organizations calling on Congress to protect and strengthen the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in the upcoming Farm Bill deliberations. 

The 1,400 state and national organizations signed onto the letter urge Congress to ensure that benefit adequacy, equitable access, and program administration remain core tenets of SNAP. Strengthening SNAP is essential so that the 41 million people who continue to rely on SNAP benefits every month to put food on the table — during a time of increased rent and health care costs — can access and afford the food they need to thrive. SNAP is essential to the 1.1 million Massachusetts residents who use SNAP to buy food for their families as the cost of food continues to increase.   

This past May, MLRI and Project Bread spearheaded a letter supported by 113 MA organizations to the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation, emphasizing united opposition to cuts to SNAP, as House Agriculture Committee Chair Glenn “GT” Thompson was seeking to take $30 billion SNAP food dollars off the tables of extremely low-income families over the next decade. The proposed $30 billion dollar cut would mean a $750 million cut for Massachusetts families between FY2027 and FY2033.