RESOURCES

 The Healthy Incentive Program, also known as HIP, is an incentive program in Massachusetts. Families and individuals on SNAP are eligible to buy fruits and vegetables from participating vendors.  HIP puts money back on your EBT card when you use SNAP to buy healthy, local fruits and vegetables from HIP farm vendors. There is no special sign-up for HIP. If you live in Massachusetts and get SNAP benefits, your household is automatically able to participate in HIP. 

As long as you have $1 on your SNAP  card, you will be able to use HIP at participating vendors on Nov 1.

You can call 1-800-645-8333 for help

You can also check out projectbread.org/foodsource-hotline

The mission of Westborough Youth and Family Services is to provide counseling for children and families, to promote prevention through collaboration with other town and community agencies and to provide education, programming and information which will enhance the lives of children and families in Westborough. Tel. (508) 366-3090. 

The mission of the Westborough Council on Aging and Senior Center is to promote social, recreational and educational activities and provide advocacy and assistance to Westborough’s Senior Citizens and their families. Through the many programs and services delivered through the Westborough Senior Center, the department has direct contact with more than a third of Westborough’s population over the age of 60. 

The Worcester County Food Bank is a wonderful collaboration of local non-profit human and social service providers, donors from the food industry, corporate, government, civic and private sectors, and individual volunteers whose support and partnership is focused on “providing relief from hunger” to friends and neighbors in Central Massachusetts.

Residents of the Commonwealth have been purchasing nutritious food at neighborhood grocery stores by using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program/SNAP (formerly the Food Stamps Program). SNAP benefits are provided by the federal government and administered by DTA. Residents of the Commonwealth who participate in SNAP are families with children, elders and disabled. Many are the working poor with limited income or those who are temporarily unemployed.

WIC is a nutrition program that provides nutrition and health education, healthy food and other services free of charge to Massachusetts families who qualify. WIC stands for Women, Infants and Children. To apply for WIC, call 1-800-WIC-1007 or contact a WIC program in your community. 

Executive Office of Veterans Services (EOVS)
Our mission is to provide the highest quality programs, benefits, and advocacy to Massachusetts veterans alongside federal and local partners.

2-1-1 is the national abbreviated dialing code for free access to health and human services Information and Referral. 

Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA)

The Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) assists and empowers low-income individuals and families to meet their basic needs, improve their quality of life, and achieve long term economic self-sufficiency. DTA serves one in six residents of the Commonwealth with direct economic assistance (cash benefits) and food assistance (SNAP benefits), as well as workforce training opportunities.

Project Bread funds 400 food pantries, soup kitchens, and food banks all over Massachusetts. We run the only statewide hunger hotline that answers 35,000 calls a year from families in need. We work with schools to offer , and fund summer programs so that kids get a nutritious meal when school’s out. The first Sunday in May each year, we run the oldest continual pledge walk in the country, The Walk for Hunger.