Food and Support Resources

If you are impacted by the suspension or reduction of SNAP benefits, help is available.

• Project Bread runs a free confidential FoodSource Hotline at 800-645-8333, Monday-Friday 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. to help you find food.  Residents facing immediate hunger can also contact their local food bank.
• Food Bank of Western Massachusetts
• Food Finder Map for Western Massachusetts
• Franklin County Food Access Resources
• Updated Massachusetts SNAP information
• Federal shutdown impact on MA families with low incomes: What to know

State funded programs like Transitional Aid to Families with Dependent Children (TAFDC), Emergency Aid to the Elderly, Disabled and Children (EAEDC), and the Healthy Incentives Program (HIP) will continue normally. Residents can still access WIC and school meals.

• Other ways to get involved: United Way Response Fund for monetary contributions.