Western Mass DHILS - Viability

10/30/2025

10/30/2025

10/29/2025

Fyi for election day…

10/29/2025

Thank you Bob Pion Buick GMC.

10/29/2025

10/29/2025

Food Bank of Western Massachusetts Resources — As we head into the holiday season, no family should have to worry about where their next meal will come from. The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts is here to help with free food distributions across the region throughout November.

📅 Check dates, times, and locations of upcoming food bank events in your area — make sure your family, friends, and neighbors know about these vital resources. Visit foodbankwma.org for more details. Together, we can ensure every table is full and every heart is nourished this season. ❤️

10/29/2025

Amidst uncertainty, there are three things that remain clear: we are here, we are open, and we have food.

The Amherst Survival Center is prepared. For all information regarding our Food Pantry services, including a link to register, please visit this page https://amherstsurvival.org/pantry/

If you are looking for assistance and do not reside in our 13-town service area, the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts has this helpful location tool to find agencies near you: https://www.foodbankwma.org/get-help/food-finder/

10/29/2025

It is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and the Holyoke Health Center just wanted to remind you that you are not alone. 💜 Help is here, hope is real. Reach out, stay strong, and remember—support is always available.

Find help at:
Alianza: alianzadv.org
YMCA: ywworks.org
Safe Passage: safepass.org
NELCWIT: rcfcma.org
MOVA: mass.gov

10/29/2025

10/29/2025

As the federal government shutdown continues with no end in sight, millions of Americans are days away from losing access to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)—the nation’s most effective anti-hunger program. Without immediate federal action, November benefits will not be issued until the government reopens, leaving millions without funds to buy food.

In Western Massachusetts alone, more than 191,000 people depend on SNAP to put food on the table. If benefits are halted, thousands will turn to the region’s food assistance network—including the Food Bank’s 199-member pantries, meal programs, and shelters, as well as its own 75 Mobile Food Bank and Brown Bag: Food for Elders sites.

The Food Bank is activating its emergency response plan to increase food supply, ramp up direct distributions, and expand deliveries to member food pantries in the region. The Food Bank is also collaborating with other Massachusetts food banks and anti-hunger coalitions to urge Governor Healey and the state legislature to allocate emergency funding through the Massachusetts Emergency Food Assistance Program (MEFAP) and to consider using other state resources to cover November SNAP benefits if the federal government does not act.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which administers SNAP, has an existing contingency fund that can and should be used to issue next month’s benefits. Yet the Trump Administration has chosen not to release these funds.

📢 To read our full press release, along with action steps you can take to advocate for this funding to be released, visit: https://www.foodbankwma.org/public-statement-on-snap-benefit-delays/