SNAP Outreach Partners Survey May 15, 2025 | News Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.Over 7% of Massachusetts Older Adults are food insecure. With rising needs and higher food prices, economic security remains a challenge. The SNAP program is a valuable tool to increase food access for older adults. MCOA, AGE and DTA are looking to increase the number of older adults receiving SNAP/HIP benefits by increasing the number of COAs who are SNAP Outreach Partners. We need your input to shape our approach, and ask you to complete these quick six survey questions. Name *FirstLastCouncil on Aging *Abington Council on AgingActon Council on AgingAcushnet Council on AgingAdams Council on AgingAgawam Council on AgingAlford Council on AgingAmesbury Council on AgingAmherst Council on AgingAndover Council on AgingAquinnah-UpIsland Council on AgingArlington Council on AgingAshburnham Council on AgingAshby Council on AgingAshfield Council on AgingAshland Council on AgingAthol Council on AgingAttleboro Council on AgingAuburn Council on AgingAvon Council on AgingAyer Council on AgingBarnstable Council on AgingBarre/Hardwick Council on AgingBecket Council on AgingBedford Council on AgingBelchertown Council on AgingBellingham Council on AgingBelmont Council on AgingBerkley Council on AgingBerlin Council on AgingBernardston Council on AgingBeverly Council on AgingBillerica Council on AgingBlackstone Council on AgingBlandford Council on AgingBolton Council on AgingBoston Age Strong CommissionBourne Council on AgingBoxborough Council on AgingBoxford Council on AgingBoylston Council on AgingBraintree Council on AgingBrewster Council on AgingBridgewater Council on AgingBrimfield Council on AgingBrockton Council on AgingBrookfield Council on AgingBrookline Council on AgingBuckland Council on AgingBurlington Council on AgingCambridge Council on AgingCanton Council on AgingCarlisle Council on AgingCarver Council on AgingCharlemont Council on AgingCharlton Council on AgingChatham Council on AgingChelmsford Council on AgingChelsea Council on AgingCheshire Council on AgingChester Council on AgingChesterfield Council on AgingChicopee Council on AgingChilmark-UpIsland Council on AgingClarksburg Council on AgingClinton Council on AgingCohasset Elder AffairsColrain Council on AgingConcord Council on AgingConway Council on AgingCummington Council on AgingDalton Council on AgingDanvers Council on AgingDartmouth Council on AgingDedham Council on AgingDeerfield/South County Council on AgingDennis Council on AgingDighton Council on AgingDouglas Council on AgingDover Council on AgingDracut Council on AgingDudley Council on AgingDunstable Council on AgingDuxbury Council on AgingEast Bridgewater Council on AgingEast Brookfield Council on AgingEast Longmeadow Council on AgingEastham Council on AgingEasthampton Council on AgingEaston Council on AgingEdgartown Council on AgingEgremont Council on AgingErving Council on AgingEssex Council on AgingEverett Council on AgingFairhaven Council on AgingFall River Council on AgingFalmouth Council on AgingFitchburg Council on AgingFlorida Council on AgingFoxborough Council on AgingFramingham Council on AgingFranklin Senior CenterFreetown Council on AgingGardner Council on AgingGeorgetown Council on AgingGill-Montague Council on AgingGloucester Council on AgingGoshen Council on AgingGosnold Council on AgingGrafton Council on AgingGranby Council on AgingGranville Council on AgingGreat Barrington Council on AgingGreenfield Council on AgingGroton Council on AgingGroveland Council on AgingHadley Council on AgingHalifax Council on AgingHamilton Council on AgingHampden Council on AgingHancock Council on AgingHanover Council on AgingHanson Council on AgingHardwick/Barre Council on AgingHarvard Council on AgingHarwich Council on AgingHatfield Council on AgingHaverhill Council on AgingHawley Council on AgingHeath Council on AgingHingham Dept of Elder ServicesHinsdale Council on AgingHolbrook Council on AgingHolden Council on AgingHolland Council on AgingHolliston Senior CenterHolyoke Council on AgingHopedale Council on AgingHopkinton Council on AgingHubbardston Council on AgingHudson Council on AgingHull Council on AgingHuntington Council on AgingIpswich Council on AgingKingston Council on AgingLakeville Council on AgingLancaster Council on AgingLanesborough Council on AgingLawrence Council on AgingLee Council on AgingLeicester Council on AgingLenox Council on AgingLeominster Council on AgingLeverett Council on AgingLexington Council on AgingLeyden Council on AgingLincoln Council on AgingLittleton Council on AgingLongmeadow Council on AgingLowell Council on AgingLudlow Council on AgingLunenburg Council on AgingLynn Council on AgingLynnfield Council on AgingMalden Council on AgingManchester Council on AgingMansfield Council on AgingMarblehead Council on AgingMarion Council on AgingMarlborough Council on AgingMarshfield Council on AgingMashpee Council on AgingMattapoisett Council on AgingMaynard Council on AgingMedfield Council on AgingMedford Council on AgingMedway Council on AgingMelrose Council on AgingMendon Senior CenterMerrimac Council on AgingMethuen Council on AgingMiddleborough Council on AgingMiddlefield Council on AgingMiddleton Council on AgingMilford Council on AgingMillbury Council on AgingMillis Council on AgingMillville Council on AgingMilton Council on AgingMonson Council on AgingMontague-Gill Council on AgingMonterey Council on AgingMontgomery Council on AgingMount Washington Council on AgingNahant Council on AgingNantucket Council on AgingNatick Council on AgingNeedham Council on AgingNew Ashford Council on AgingNew Bedford Council on AgingNew Braintree Council on AgingNew Marlborough Council on AgingNew Salem Council on AgingNewbury Council on AgingNewburyport Council on AgingNewton Council on AgingNorfolk Council on AgingNorth Adams Council on AgingNorth Andover Council on AgingNorth Attleboro Council on AgingNorth Brookfield Council on AgingNorth Reading Council on AgingNorthampton Council on AgingNorthborough Senior CenterNorthbridge Council on AgingNorthfield Council on AgingNorton Council on AgingNorwell Council on AgingNorwood Council on AgingOak Bluffs Council on AgingOakham Council on AgingOrange Council on AgingOrleans Council on AgingOtis Council on AgingOxford Council on AgingPalmer Council on AgingPaxton Council on AgingPeabody Council on AgingPelham Council on AgingPembroke Council on AgingPepperell Council on AgingPeru Council on AgingPetersham Council on AgingPhillipston Council on AgingPittsfield Council on AgingPlainfield Council on AgingPlainville Council on AgingPlymouth Council on AgingPlympton Council on AgingPrinceton Council on AgingProvincetown Council on AgingQuincy Council on AgingRandolph Council on AgingRaynham Council on AgingReading Council on AgingRehoboth Council on AgingRevere Elder AffairsRichmond Council on AgingRochester Council on AgingRockland Council on AgingRockport Council on AgingRowe Council on AgingRowley Council on AgingRoyalston Council on AgingRussell Council on AgingRutland Council on AgingSalem Council on AgingSalisbury Council on AgingSandisfield Council on AgingSandwich Council on AgingSaugus Council on AgingSavoy Council on AgingScituate Council on AgingSeekonk Council on AgingSharon Council on AgingSheffield Council on AgingShelburne Council on AgingSherborn Council on AgingShirley Council on AgingShrewsbury Council on AgingShutesbury Council on AgingSomerset Council on AgingSomerville Council on AgingSouth Hadley Council on AgingSouthampton Council on AgingSouthborough Council on AgingSouthbridge Council on AgingSouthwick Council on AgingSpencer Council on AgingSpringfield Elder AffairsSterling Council on AgingStockbridge Council on AgingStoneham Council on AgingStoughton Council on AgingStow Council on AgingSturbridge Council on AgingSudbury Council on AgingSunderland Council on AgingSutton Council on AgingSwampscott Council on AgingSwansea Council on AgingTaunton Council on AgingTempleton Council on AgingTewksbury Council on AgingTisbury Council on AgingTolland Council on AgingTopsfield Council on AgingTownsend Council on AgingTruro Council on AgingTyngsborough Council on AgingTyringham Council on AgingUpton Council on AgingUxbridge Council on AgingWakefield Council on AgingWales Council on AgingWalpole Council on AgingWaltham Council on AgingWare Council on AgingWareham Council on AgingWarren Council on AgingWarwick Council on AgingWashington Council on AgingWatertown Council on AgingWayland Council on AgingWebster Council on AgingWellesley Council on AgingWellfleet Council on AgingWendell Council on AgingWenham Council on AgingWest Boylston Council on AgingWest Bridgewater Council on AgingWest Brookfield Council on AgingWest Newbury Council on AgingWest Springfield Council on AgingWest Stockbridge Council on AgingWest Tisbury- UpIsland Council on AgingWestborough Council on AgingWestfield Council on AgingWestford Council on AgingWesthampton Council on AgingWestminster Council on AgingWeston Council on AgingWestport Council on AgingWestwood Council on AgingWeymouth Council on AgingWhately Council on AgingWhitman Council on AgingWilbraham Council on AgingWilliamsburg Council on AgingWilliamstown Council on AgingWilmington Council on AgingWinchendon Council on AgingWinchester Council on AgingWindsor Council on AgingWinthrop Council on AgingWoburn Council on AgingWorcester Elder AffairsWorthington Council on AgingWrentham Council on AgingYarmouth Council on AgingEmail *1. Select three benefits of being an outreach partner that you would tell another COA who is considering participation in the program?Access to DTA ConnectReimbursement for your effortsCompiling data on those served in your communityProviding support to those in need (screening, application, recertification, etc.)Community visibility for the roleCommunicating benefits/educating others on SNAP/HIPReporting to the state (detail, frequency, etc.)Initial application and onboarding (orientation, budget creation, etc.)Level of support from DTA officeOther information three . If other . . . *2. Select the top three challenges of being an outreach partner.Access to DTA ConnectReimbursement for your effortsCompiling data on those served in your communityProviding support to those in need (screening, application, recertification, etc.)Community visibility for the roleCommunicating benefits/educating others on SNAP/HIPReporting to the state (detail, frequency, etc.)Initial application and onboarding (orientation, budget creation, etc.)Level of support from DTA officeUnable to meet need in community (too few resources, staff, etc. to run program)OtherIf other . . . *3. We are looking for the best ways to track the information needed for quarterly reports. How do you capture this data for submission? Choose all that apply.Note or tally in real timeSpreadsheetTemplateWeekly, monthly review of activitiesMemory/estimateOtherIf other . . . *4. What would be the top recommendation you'd make to another COA considering becoming an outreach partner?5. Are you willing to become a champion or mentor, supporting one or more COAs interested in becoming an outreach partner?YesNoMaybe6. Additional comments: (optional)Submit
