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Massachusetts’ Flexible Services Program: Improving Food and Nutrition Security Improves Health

Project Bread, a Massachusetts nonprofit focused on permanently solving food insecurity, teamed up with MassHealth to pilot the Flexible Services Program, to bolster food security and meet nutritional needs from birth throughout childhood and beyond, improving health outcomes at every stage of life. Since April 2020, over 7,000 MassHealth members with complex health issues were given an array of food resources.

03/08/2023
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USDA Helps Strengthen School Meal Programs in U.S. Virgin Islands

To address food insecurity in the U.S. Virgin Islands and provide more equitable resources to remote locations, FNS is increasing the reimbursement rates that child nutrition program operators receive for meals served in U.S. Virgin Islands from 17% to 30% above the contiguous United States rates.

02/07/2023
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