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Cambridge allocates emergency funds for food and heating as SNAP, LIHEAP uncertainty continues
Summary
City Council approved two emergency appropriations Nov. 3: a $138,372 federal HEAP grant to cover heating assistance through April and a $250,000 city appropriation (to be matched by $250,000 from the Cambridge Community Foundation) for grocery gift cards and food pantry support amid SNAP payment disruptions.
The Cambridge City Council on Nov. 3 approved emergency appropriations to respond to immediate food and heating needs amid federal funding uncertainty.
On a unanimous roll-call vote the council accepted a supplemental federal grant appropriation of $138,372. According to the city manager's communication, $33,176 is allocated to grant-fund human-services salaries and wages and $105,196 to grant-fund human-services other ordinary maintenance; the funds are intended to help pay heating bills between Nov. 1, 2025, and April 30, 2026.
Deputy staff described the funds as state carryover of federal HEAP (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program) money administered to…
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