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Who We Serve
The Barre Food Pantry serves anyone who
seeks emergency food assistance.
To
become a regular user of the Barre Food Pantry, you must:
1- Show
you live in our service area of Barre, Wheelwright, New
Braintree and Oakham with a piece of mail showing name and an address in our
service area; . We do NOT
require a photo ID..
2- You must self-report
that you do not exceed the USDA income eligibility requirements:
We do not require proof, though clients do signify they do not
exceed the requirements by signing our sign-in sheet on
distribution day.
We do not share personal information to any
local, state or federal agencies, while we do report statistics
such as residence zip code, family size, ages of members, income
sources and participation in other assistance programs such as
food stamps (SNAP), WIC, school breakfast and/or school lunch
programs, supplemental security income though social security,
fuel assistance, and aid to families with dependent children.
Those who qualify to use the food bank may also qualify for
other assistance programs. The MA Dept. of Transitional
Assistance has more information on those programs.
TEFAP/USDA
Updated 2020 Poverty Guidelines during COVID-19
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# of Household
Members
|
Federal Annual
Poverty Level
|
250% of
Federal Poverty Level(TEFAP COVID-19) Annual
|
Monthly 250%
|
Weekly 250%
|
|
1
|
$12,760
|
$31,900
|
$2,658
|
$613
|
|
2
|
$17,240
|
$43,100
|
$3,592
|
$829
|
|
3
|
$21,720
|
$54,300
|
$4,525
|
$1,044
|
|
4
|
$26,200
|
$65,500
|
$5,458
|
$1,260
|
|
5
|
$30,680
|
$76,700
|
$6,392
|
$1,475
|
|
6
|
$35,160
|
$87,900
|
$7,325
|
$1,690
|
|
7
|
$39,640
|
$99,100
|
$8,258
|
$1,906
|
|
8
|
$44,120
|
$110,300
|
$9,192
|
$2,121
|
|
For Each
Additional Household Member
|
+$4,480
|
+$11,200
|
+$933
|
+215
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Our clients typically include those either
out of regular wage earning work either through disability or
involuntary unemployment, those on fixed incomes such as social
security, child support/alimony, the homeless or those with no
regular residence or other emergencies and circumstances that
prohibit the client from earning a living wage. |
You can help our work in the community by Sponsoring
a Food Drive, by making a donation or by giving of your time.
For information call Sonja @ (978) 355-6921.
For emergency assistance or answers to other questions call
Chuck @ (978) 355-6463
or call David @ (978) 355-4519 |
