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Senate highlights SNAP theft and funds EBT chip installation in supplemental budget
Summary
Senators described verified cases of SNAP benefit theft and discussed measures included in the supplemental budget to install chips on EBT cards and provide replacement funds for victims; the session noted $15.5 million set aside to add chip security to EBT cards.
Senator Edward J. Kennedy, senator from Worcester, raised concerns about theft of SNAP benefits and the effect on families, noting that thefts have left recipients without food. "Right now in Massachusetts, on a monthly basis, up to a million dollars in benefits are stolen from recipients of SNAP," Kennedy said, adding that "from January to March of this year alone, 7,800 families had their benefits stolen at no fault of their own and verified ... by DTA."
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