DiDomenico supports $55.5M state funding for food banks – Chelsea Record

DiDomenico supports $55.5M state funding for food banks – Chelsea Record

The state’s four food banks (The Greater Boston Food Bank, The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, The Merrimack Valley Food Bank, and The Worcester County Food Bank) gathered for a speaking program and advocacy day around the Massachusetts Emergency Food Assistance Program (MEFAP). Established in 1995, MEFAP is an often-overlooked funding mechanism that fuels the state’s hunger-relief efforts, enabling the state’s food banks to distribute high-…