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Paola Ferrer
Thu, 03/05/2009

The New Big Dig

DTA employees struggle to keep up with thousands of new food stamp/SNAP applications.

Last week, the Boston Globe reported food stamp applications in Massachusetts have soared by 20% as compared to last year. With over 600,000 cases and as many as 20,000 new applications each month, a smaller DTA workforce is having a tough time digging itself out from under all that paper.  read more »

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