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As President Biden Addresses Food Insecurity, Project Bread CEO Says 'Our Work Continues' Nearly one-third of households on SNAP, formerly known as food stamps, still have to visit a food pantry to keep themselves fed, according to USDA data. Luke Sharrett / Bloomberg via Getty Images Share Erin McAleer on Morning Edition | Jan. 27, 2021 In his first week in the White House, President Joe Biden signed an executive order that will help expand the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to address the growing problem of food insecurity across the nation. GBH Morning Edition host Joe M...

A young boy waited while his family gathers food at the Brazilian Workers Center food pantry in Allston.Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff Nearly a million Massachusetts residents who receive federal food assistance will get more money to spend on groceries starting in early February, welcome relief in the midst of an increasingly urgent hunger crisis. The federal stimulus package passed last month by Congress increased Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits by 15 percent across the country from January through June. Those benefits, which amount to an additional $27 per person per month,...

Roslindale/West Roxbury senior events calendar.

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by Jason Kornwitz Erin McAleer, president of Project Bread. Photo by Channing Johnson. Erin McAleer was working 24/7. As president of Project Bread, McAleer was trying to find creative ways to keep children fed as schools closed across the commonwealth. According to her Boston-based nonprofit, which works to address food shortages, 400,000 kids in Massachusetts rely on school meals to stave off hunger. “I realized that this public health challenge was unique,” recalls McAleer, who graduated from the Boston College School of Social Work in 2005. “The models of feeding people in the past...