The Healey administration announced the pilot program will begin later this year, making Massachusetts the third state to adopt the fraud-prevention technology.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey is ordering the state to implement chip-enabled EBT cards in an effort to boost security in the Bay State’s SNAP program. The move comes after a series SNAP fraud busts ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Under fire from Washington and conservative critics at home, the Healey administration announced Monday that it’s moving ahead ...

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients in Florida can no longer purchase certain items with their ...

In a push to keep food benefits out of thieves’ hands and in residents’ kitchens, Governor Maura Healey has ordered the state ...

Over the last year, Propel found 18% of households reported their benefits were stolen, down from 27% in 2025. However, sums ...

A new report found a steep increase in the theft of SNAP benefits, drawing attention to the need for systemic security ...

BOSTON — Massachusetts is moving forward with the adoption of chip and tap-enabled Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards, ...

Massachusetts is preparing to launch chip-and-PIN-enabled Electronic Benefit Transfer cards to reduce theft and strengthen ...

Criminals stole more than $600 million in SNAP benefits in 2025 alone, affecting roughly one in five SNAP households ...

Over the last year, Propel found 18% of households reported their benefits were stolen, down from 27% in 2025. However, sums of stolen dollars were far larger than previous years. About 64% of ...