Document the Harm: The End of Extra COVID SNAP in Massachusetts 
Since April 2020 Massachusetts SNAP households have been issued extra COVID SNAP benefits (also known as "Emergency Allotments"). All households received at least $95/mo extra SNAP and many received more. These "Emergency Allotments" will end on March 2, 2023. For more information, visit Mass.gov/extraCOVIDSNAP

The Massachusetts Law Reform Institute (MLRI) - a statewide poverty law center - is working with community organizations to let the MA Legislature and Congress know how the loss of SNAP is impacting low income households in the Commonwealth. Please share with the MLRI what you are hearing from families or experiencing yourself due to the end of the SNAP extra Covid benefits. Having stories of the hardships households face will help us defend against potential SNAP cuts on a federal level in the future, as well as bolster state level efforts to try to respond to the need.

At the end of January,  MA Governor Maura Healey filed a "Supplemental Budget" which asks the MA Legislature to provide funds to give SNAP households 3 months of extra SNAP -  at 40% of the federal extra SNAP level. This will help reduce the harm. Your feedback on this form can help support that effort! MLRI also encourages you to reach out to your State Representative and Senator to ask them to support this funding and quickly approve it! Find who your Rep/Senator is here: sec.state.ma.us/WhereDoIVoteMA/WhereDoIVote

Please share only what you are comfortable with! If you are a SNAP recipient or a community partner, please do not share confidential information (such as your SSN, date of birth, EBT card number, or any other confidential information) with us. You can also email MLRI directly: Vicky Negus - vnegus@mlri.org or Pat Baker - pbaker@mlri.org - with questions.
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Your name (and tell us if you are a SNAP recipient or work with a community organization)
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Your city, town or region of Massachusetts
Please let us know where you live, or the geographic area your organization services. General info is fine - for example "Western MA" or "Greater Boston". 
How is the loss of the extra COVID SNAP impacting your household?
For example, how has it impacted your household budget, or your decisions about what types of food to buy?  Please share if you are falling behind on living expenses like rent, utilities, medicine because you had to use other income for these expenses. And please include  information  about the size of your household and, if you know it, the amount of extra SNAP that stopped. 
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