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A provision in the agreement would raise the ages of participants who need to provide proof of work for the supplemental nutrition assistance program from 18 to...

Food insecurity continues to persist across Massachusetts, and with it, families are sacrificing their health as they seek the cheapest products available, according to a new report from the Greater Boston Food Bank.

The COVID-19 era boosted payments will end on March 2nd in Massachusetts.

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,...

This hour on Radio Boston, we revisit some of our favorite conversations on one theme: charity. The pandemic has disrupted our economy, and left millions of Americans without work. Many are struggling to put food on the table for themselves and their families. Even in good economic times, budgets can be tight and so many of our neighbors go without. We revisit a conversation with Vicky Negus, a policy advocate with the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, and Shannon Yaremchak, who once relied on SNAP to feed her family, about food assistance. Boston has a long history with charity, going all...