SNAP (food stamps)

1. This is the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance program, also known as SNAP. This is also commonly known as "foodstamps"

2. Link to SNAP application main stie : http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/gov/departments/dta/food-assistance.html

3. The application is shown below. you can also find it at this link: http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/docs/dta/c-snapapp-eng.pdf

4. When you submit your SNAP application, you need to have the following:

   1. Birth dates

   2. Social Security Numbers

   3. Incomes

   4. Expenses

5. you can also provide the following info to show that you pay a lot of money per month and need more SNAP: housing costs, utlities, childcare expenses, out-of pocket medical expenses

6. DTA online guide (lists all rules, regulations, etc.): http://webapps.ehs.state.ma.us/DTA/PolicyOnline/!SSL!/WebHelp/userguide_test.htm

If you cannot reach a DTA worker

List of Soup Kitchens/Meal Sites by day 

http://somervillefoodsecurity.org/find-food-in-somerville/community-meals-by-day/

Healthy Incentives Program 

How To Find Food if You Don't Have Money 

1. Project bread is an organization that helps fight hunger. they will have a listing of meal sites, food pantries and other resources that is up to date. 

   1. website: http://www.projectbread.org/

   2. food resource hotline: 1-800-645-8333

2. Somerville Food Security coalition

   1. http://somervillefoodsecurity.org/

   2. lists meal sites and food pantries by day, also has some other helpful resources for food in the somerville area

Food Banks/ soup kitchens (see below)

1. Food Banks: places where you can go to get some food a few times per month. This will be groceries and other non-preapred food.

2. Mealsites: places, such as churches, where a person can get a hot meal for free

3. online listing of food banks by geographic region: foodpantries.org 

Women, Infants and Children- Administered through Cambridge Health Alliance! 

Provides Federal grants to States for supplemental foods, health care referrals and nutrition education for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and to infants and children up to age five who are found to be at nutritional risk. 

Eligible? Use the WIC Prescreening Tool.

Apply​: 

Call our main office in Somerville at 617-575-5330 to schedule an appointment at any site or call the local site office during scheduled office hours.

Boston (Boston Medical Ctr.)

1601 Washington Street

First Floor

Boston, MA 02118

(617) 425-2070 

Arlington:

(781) 646-2032

Bedford

(military personnel only): (781) 862-1420

Cambridge:

(617) 665-3750

North Cambridge:

(617) 575-3750

Watertown:

(857) 523-2797

2 Dollar-a-bag food!!!!

1. link to PDF- https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzjA7tJQ0xocazB3aXV1MjRxcmc

https://www.fairfoods.org/oursites

this page last updated: 9/7/2023