Stimulus update: Second direct payment worth up to $400 to be paid to Massachusetts residents in 13 days
Asher Notheis
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In less than two weeks, recipients of the Chelsea Eats program in Chelsea, Massachusetts, will receive their next payment worth up to $400.
A total of 738 households receive payments ranging from $200 to $400 from this program, and the second of these payments will be issued on April 15. The payments are designed to help Massachusetts residents buy food and pay their utility bills. The city distributed debit cards to recipients in early March, and that’s how recipients will receive this payment, a Chelsea city spokesperson told the Washington Examiner.
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This payment, arriving in April, will be the second of three payments recipients will receive from this program. The first payment was issued on March 15, and the last one is planned for May.
The amount received from the program depends on the recipient’s household size. A household of one will receive a payment of $200, a household of two will get $300, and any household with three or more people will receive a payment of $400.
The three-month program will issue payments to recipients on the 15th of each month. There are no plans to continue the program after the May payment, a spokesperson told the Washington Examiner.
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For applicants to be selected for this program, they had to have been a resident of Chelsea and must have had a household income 30% less than the area median. For a household of one, that would be $29,450, and for a household of two, it would be $33,650. The income limit increases slightly for each additional person in a household.
Additional information about this program can be found on Chelsea’s webpage on COVID-19 emergency assistance programs.