Massachusetts DTA Offers Omelet Instructions in Eight Languages

The Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance provides benefit assistance to about one in six people in the state.

There are an estimated seven million people in Massachusetts. One in six out of seven million is 1,166,666 people. Standing shoulder to shoulder, they would extend more than 276 miles.

How far is that? Consider that Sherbrooke, Canada, is 265 miles from New Bedford and Newark, New Jersey, is 178 miles away.

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The Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services says, "The Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) assists and empowers low-income individuals and families to meet their basic needs, improve their quality of life, and achieve long-term economic self-sufficiency."

DTA provides this help through "direct economic assistance (cash benefits) and food assistance (SNAP benefits), as well as workforce training opportunities."

But wait, there's more.

The Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance also offers tips to recipients of benefits on how to shop and shop on a budget, where to locate farmers' markets, and ways to prepare food.

The information is available in eight languages on the DTA website including Chinese (Traditional), Filipino, Haitian Creole, Indonesian, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish, Vietnamese and English.

One of the recipes offered by DTA is for an omelet, describing what an omelet is, the "kitchen gear" required to make an omelet, the ingredients, and a five-step instruction guide for preparing the omelet.

Other recipe ideas offered by DTA include "Green Goddess Dressing," "No Bake Breakfast Cookies," "Fruit Salad with Jicama," "Spinach and Meat Cakes" and "Berry Good Dessert."

There is also a link to an application to apply for SNAP benefits in case you need any more incentive to do so.