Food Security Programs Serve Vital Role
As Gov. Maura Healey called on the Trump administration late last month unfreeze SNAP benefits (an issue that remained unresolved at press time), Community Action Pioneer Valley’s Center for Self-Reliance food pantries in Greenfield and Shelburne Falls were preparing for an unprecedented surge in need while facing their own funding crisis.
More than 1.1 million Massachusetts residents — including thousands in Franklin & Hampshire Counties — were set to lose their SNAP benefits. Simultaneously, the Trump administration has been targeting Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) funding for elimination, threatening the very resources that allow the Center for Self-Reliance to operate.
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