Patricia Baker @PatMLRI

Advocate. Opinions here are completely my own. Retweets are not endorsements. Boston MA Joined July 2010

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Patricia Baker @PatMLRI

2 months ago

In MA, 62K kids have lost SNAP since July 2025. Families are increasingly facing "red-tape" access barriers while under-resourced SNAP workers struggle with increasingly complex rules. @SenWarren @SenMarkey Please fight for meaningful change in Farm Bill. @MassLawReform

Katie Bergh @Katie_Bergh

2 months ago

More than 4.5 million people — including at least 1.5 million kids — have already lost access to SNAP in the wake of the deep cuts in last year's reconciliation law. There’s still time to make improvements to this bill & this unfolding hunger crisis demands a stronger response.

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WWLP-22News @WWLP22News

2 months ago

State may be playing its own role in unfolding SNAP benefit crisis wwlp.com/news/state-may…

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Patricia Baker @PatMLRI

2 months ago

MA can and should do better to server our lowest income residents. Time to invest in more DTA staff! @SEIU509 @MassLawReform State may be playing its own role in unfolding SNAP benefit crisis wwlp.com/news/state-may…

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Katie Bergh @Katie_Bergh

3 months ago

States are being graded on a high-stakes test they had no way of knowing they were taking. With no time to make real progress, some states are making it much harder for eligible families to access SNAP as they take drastic steps to try to reduce errors & cut costs.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar

4 months ago

McGOVERN: Do you stand by your comment that kicking people off food assistance is somehow 'good news'? BROOKE ROLLINS: Most of those were fraudulent McGOVERN: I've talked to people who lost benefits. They were kicked off of SNAP. Hunger is getting worse in the United States.

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Massachusetts Law Reform Institute @MassLawReform

5 months ago

This @BostonGlobe story highlights a crisis facing residents with very low or no income – without enough DTA staff, families are struggling & turned away from timely, reliable access to food assistance. bostonglobe.com/2026/05/01/met…

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Katie Bergh @Katie_Bergh

6 months ago

States can & should make better choices to protect low-income families despite these federal SNAP cuts. But it’s also urgent for federal policymakers to address H.R. 1's massive cost shift to state budgets, which is driving these harmful state decisions. cbpp.org/research/food-…

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Katie Bergh @Katie_Bergh

6 months ago

New USDA data show 2.5 million fewer people participated in SNAP in December compared to July, when the Republican megabill (H.R. 1) enacted the deepest SNAP cuts in history. This is only the beginning — even more people will lose SNAP as the full brunt of these cuts take effect.

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Patricia Baker @PatMLRI

8 months ago

DTA's @SEIU509 workers are the glue that connects MA residents with critical food & cash benefits, but we are falling behind, eligible families are losing benefits, & MA is losing fed SNAP $$. Critical that @MassGovernor @MasLegislature provide DTA with more resources ASAP!

Massachusetts Law Reform Institute @MassLawReform

8 months ago

TY @BostonGlobe for thoughtful coverage of compassionate work @DTA_Listens staff do every day to help residents put food on the table. As story says, the system is overwhelmed. Now, vulnerable families face unprecedented challenges reaching DTA for help. bostonglobe.com/2026/02/02/met…

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Governor Maura Healey @MassGovernor

9 months ago

My administration reported this case to the federal government in November 2024. Glad they’re finally doing something about it.

U.S. Attorney Massachusetts @DMAnews1

9 months ago

🚨 Two arrested & charged in alleged scheme to fraudulently obtain millions in SNAP benefits through small variety stores. Allegedly redeemed $100K–$500K in benefits per month – outpacing supermarkets – and sold donated food meant for children overseas. 🔗justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/two…

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Patricia Baker @PatMLRI

9 months ago

Burying critical food security data that can inform researchers & policy makers how low-income Americans are managing is highly irresponsible - especially now with tax breaks to the wealthy while cutting SNAP benefits @fractweets @MassLawReform @projectbread @CenterOnBudget

Rep. Jim McGovern @RepMcGovern

9 months ago

Trump won't tell us how many people are going hungry in this country because he knows his Big Ugly Bill is making hunger in America worse. His cuts to food assistance are inhumane—and we deserve to know how badly it's hurting our communities.

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DavidASuper @DavidASuper1

11 months ago

More heartless chaos in SNAP. A short 🧵. After a Rhode Island district court ruled that low-income households should receive full November SNAP benefits, many states began work to do so. Friday USDA issued guidance saying it was working toward full November SNAP issuances. 1/

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Massachusetts Law Reform Institute @MassLawReform

11 months ago

RI & Boston judges ruled last week the Trump admin illegally withheld SNAP $ during the shutdown. “This is a really positive development, and it clearly shows that the administration was illegally withholding those funds to date,” said MLRI's Vicky Negus. bostonglobe.com/2025/11/01/met…

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Patricia Baker @PatMLRI

11 months ago

Tnx DTA for hiring up more SNAP caseworkers. This is good news.Without front line staff processing SNAP apps & managing the DTA Assistance Line, low income MA residents will go hungry and MA loses fed $. Urging all who are interested to apply. @CivilLegalAid @SEIU509

Mass. Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) @DTA_Listens

11 months ago

📢 DTA is hiring! Join our team as a SNAP Case Worker and help support individuals and families across Massachusetts. Apply today and make a difference: mass.gov/work-at-dta.

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Patricia Baker @PatMLRI

11 months ago

MA cannot afford to walk away from the SNAP program. MA needs front line staff to ensure our most vulnerable residents timely access the federal food benefits for which they are eligible. #SNAPworks! @MassGov @DTA_Listens @Seiu509 @RepMcGovern

Massachusetts Law Reform Institute @MassLawReform

11 months ago

1 in 6 MA residents put food on the table with SNAP- SNAP accounts for $1 of every $5 spent in grocery stores statewide. SNAP fights hunger & fuels our economy.

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Massachusetts Law Reform Institute @MassLawReform

a year ago

As MLRI shared with the @BostonGlobe @ktkjohnston - Masschusetts has the resources to mitigate the worst harms of this horrific federal legislation. bostonglobe.com/2025/07/17/met…

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Massachusetts Law Reform Institute @MassLawReform

a year ago

MLRI and civil legal aid are ready to stand with the Healey Administration to find ways to mitigate the serious cuts to SNAP food benefits passed by President Trump & Republicans in Congress. mass.gov/news/as-trump-…

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CSPAN @cspan

a year ago

Rules Committee Ranking Member @RepMcGovern (D-MA): "Republican leadership in the White House are jamming this bill down our throat … We're here because Donald Trump wants a Fourth of July party to celebrate this garbage bill."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar

a year ago

McGovern: "So I say to my Republican colleagues -- what's wrong with you people? In this bill you provide a $2 billion tax break for gun silencers, but you cut SNAP benefits for vulnerable families. Jesus Christ!"

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Patricia Baker @PatMLRI

a year ago

TY @MassGovernor for joining 22 Guvs & speaking out. Proposed SNAP cuts and cost-shifting to states are UNCONSCIONABLE. @DTA_Listens @projectbread @FoodBankWMA @MAFoodSys @Gr8BosFoodBank @MVFoodBank @USCCB @SenWarren @SenMarkey @CivilLegalAid

Governor Maura Healey @MassGovernor

a year ago

More than a million people in Massachusetts rely on SNAP — most of them are children, seniors and folks with disabilities. That’s why I joined 22 Governors to send a message to Republicans in Congress: Stop the cuts. Reject this attack on our health and families.