JALSA in CommonWealth Beacon Magazine on Protecting SNAP Nutrition Support

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Excerpt from Unions: Buyout talks could affect 2,000+ state workers

The rainy-day fund, also known as the stabilization fund, has a balance of about $8.6 billion. Anti-hunger activists have been targeting the account in recent days, urging the state to use some of that funding to replace federal food aid.

SNAP’s outlook remains unclear after Trump suggested he would defy court orders and keep benefits on hold until the shutdown ends.

The Raise Up Massachusetts coalition, an influential group of labor, business, and faith leaders, this week joined calls to fund benefits using state savings in the interim.

“People cannot eat retroactively. We cannot wait for the funding to get to people from the federal government,” said Cindy Rowe, president of the Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action.