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Field Reports

A Closer Look at Immigrant-Access Barriers in the Massachusetts Food Stamp Program

Katherine Mastman, Emerson Fellow
Published 2005

Boston, Massachusetts

A Closer Look at Immigrant-Access Barriers in the Massachusetts Food Stamp Program is an in-depth analysis of the intersection between policy and implementation.  It links specific policy language to chronic obstacles and implementation and offers recommendations for their improvement.

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Publication tags: Field Reports - Domestic Federal Nutrition Programs, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)/Food Stamps - Immigrants, Policymakers, SNAP/Food Stamp Recipients

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Katherine Mastman

Emerson Fellow

Katy earned a BA from Brown University, with a double major in political science and honors community health.  She spent studied abroad Sydney, Australia, and in Quito, Ecuador, and conducted research in Guatemala and Mexico on foreign assistance and women's health. She worked with Oxfam in Australia, served as a mentor in an outdoor learning program for Dominican girls, and interned for her state assembly woman and the Global Policy Forum.

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