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It's Time to Close the SNAP Gap and Create a Common Application! Senator Sal DiDomenico and Representative Jay Livingstone, along ith the SNAP Gap Coalition, invite you to a Legislative Briefing: Navigating the Maze: It's time to close the SNAP Gap and create a common application! Thursday, April th at : AM State House, House Members Lounge, rd Floor The "SNAP Gap" refers to the over 700,000 MassHealth recipients likely eligible for federal nutrition SNAP benefits. MassHealth, SNAP and other safety-net programs require different applications that ask for similar information. This creates a maze for consumers and more work for the State. It’s time to close the gap, straighten the path, AND leverage millions in federal SNAP funding. Join the Representatives and Senator Cosponsors of H./S. and help close the SNAP Gap! Light Refreshments served. Please RSVP at: [email protected] SNAP Gap Cosponsors H./S. Representatives & Senators* Senator Michael Barrett Representative Gerard Cassidy Representative David Linsky Senator Joseph Boncore Representative Michelle Ciccolo Representative Adrian Madaro Senator William Brownsberger Representative Mike Connolly Representative John Mahoney Senator Harriette Chandler Representative Edward Coppinger Representative Elizabeth Malia Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz Representative Daniel Cullinane Representative Paul Mark Senator Jo Comerford Representative Michael Day Representative Joseph McGonagle Senator Nick Collins Representative Marjorie Decker Representative Paul McMurtry Senator Brendan Crighton Representative David DeCoste Representative Christina Minicucci Senator Julian Cyr Representative Mindy Domb Representative Liz Miranda Senator Diana DiZoglio Representative Daniel Donahue Representative Rady Mom Senator James Eldridge Representative Michelle DuBois Representative Frank Moran Senator Ryan Fattman Representative Carolyn Dykema Representative Brian Murray Senator Cindy Friedman Representative Lori Ehrlich Representative Harold Naughton Senator Anne Gobi Representative Nika Elugardo Representative Tram Nguyen Senator Adam Hinds Representative Tricia Farley-Bouvier Representative James O'Day Senator Patricia Jehlen Representative Kimberly Ferguson Representative Alice Peisch Senator John Keenan Representative Dylan Fernandes Representative Smitty Pignatelli Senator Eric Lesser Representative Ann-Margaret Ferrante Representative Elizabeth Poirier Senator Jason Lewis Representative William Galvin Representative Denise Provost Senator Michael Moore Representative Sean Garballey Representative Angelo Puppolo, Jr. Senator Patrick O'Connor Representative Carmine Gentile Representative Maria Robinson Senator Becca Rausch Representative Carlos González Representative David Rogers Senator Bruce Tarr Representative Tami Gouveia Representative Dan Ryan Senator Walter Timilty Representative Danielle Gregoire Representative Lindsay Sabadosa Senator Dean Tran Representative Jim Hawkins Representative Jon Santiago Senator James Welch Representative Stephan Hay Representative Paul Schmid Representative Jonathan Hecht Representative Todd Smola Representative James Arciero Representative Natalie Higgins Representative Thomas Stanley Representative Brian Ashe Representative Bradford Hill Representative Joseph Tosado Representative Ruth Balser Representative Kate Hogan Representative Chynah Tyler Representative Christine Barber Representative Kevin Honan Representative Steven Ultrino Representative John Barrett Representative Dan Hunt Representative Andres Vargas Representative Jennifer Benson Representative Louis Kafka Representative Aaron Vega Representative David Biele Representative Hannah Kane Representative John Velis Representative Natalie Blais Representative Mary Keefe Representative RoseLee Vincent Representative Paul Brodeur Representative Kay Khan Representative Tommy Vitolo Representative Antonio Cabral Representative John Lawn Representative Bud Williams Representative Daniel Cahill Representative David LeBoeuf Representative Jonathan Zlotnik Representative Peter Capano Representative Jack Patrick Lewis Representative Daniel Carey *As of March 2019 .
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