Where to find food assistance around Boston

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Here’s a list of food resources in the Boston area.

More than a million people in Massachusetts could lose access to federal food assistance starting Nov. 1 if the government shutdown continues for another week. Governor Maura Healey says the Trump administration is to blame for the crisis, which could leave many families without the money they depend on for groceries.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which runs the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, will stop processing food benefits for November, according to a notice posted on its website. SNAP helps low-income families buy food, and losing those benefits would be a major blow for many in Massachusetts.

“President Trump has chosen to take away food from people all around this country,” Gov. Maura Healey said Friday at a press conference at Nubian Markets in Roxbury, according to the Boston Globe. “That’s going to mean that 1 million people in Massachusetts are not going to have their food benefits starting next week.”

Massachusetts residents receive about $240 million in SNAP benefits every month, according to Healey. Among those recipients, 32 percent are children, 31 percent are people with disabilities, and 26 percent are seniors — vulnerable groups that would be especially impacted if benefits stop.

The government shutdown comes on top of other challenges facing the SNAP program. The One Big Beautiful Bill, passed in July, added new work requirements and set new eligibility rules for some SNAP recipients that could prevent up to 150,000 Massachusetts residents from receiving food benefits next year, Healey said.

Beyond household impacts, a pause on SNAP funding pauses will affect about 5,500 grocery stores and farms in Massachusetts that rely on SNAP purchases, meaning local businesses could also face financial strain.

We gathered a list of local organizations and food pantries in the Boston area. You can also find more than 600 organizations providing food assistance in the region listed by the Greater Boston Food Bank.

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Where to access food support in the Boston area

Allston-Brighton

Back Bay

Brookline

• Brookline Food Pantry (226 High St., Community Room; 210 Harvard St. United Parish; 55A Egmont St. – for Boston Housing Authority residents)

Cambridge

Charlestown

Chelsea

Dorchester

Downtown Boston

East Boston

Everett

Jamaica Plain

Malden

Mattapan

Mission Hill

North End

Revere

Roslindale

Roxbury

Salem

Somerville

South Boston

South End

West End

ABCD West End (151 Cambridge St.)