Higher food assistance to remain in effect in Michigan for now

LANSING – Governor Gretchen Whitmer introduced all Michigan households who’re eligible for meals help advantages will proceed to obtain not less than a further $95 month-to-month fee in Could to assist decrease the price of groceries and guarantee Michiganders can maintain extra of their hard-earned cash.

The extra help will assist roughly 1.36 million Michiganders in additional than 700,000 households.  

“Michiganders will proceed to have the ability to put nutritious meals on the desk due to our ongoing partnership with the federal authorities,” Whitmer stated. “Along with serving to Michigan households decrease their out-of-pocket meals prices, this collaboration has helped us proceed to develop our economic system by returning federal {dollars} to Michigan. I’ll work with anybody to decrease prices for Michiganders and get issues performed that make an actual distinction of their lives.” 

In April 2020, some Michigan residents started receiving extra meals help underneath this program. In Could 2021, all eligible households started getting further month-to-month advantages. Federal approval is critical each month.  

Eligible shoppers who obtain meals help are seeing extra advantages on their Bridge Card from Could 14-23. These advantages will likely be loaded onto Bridge Playing cards as a separate fee from the help offered earlier within the month.

All households eligible for the Supplemental Vitamin Help Program (SNAP) obtain a rise of not less than $95 month-to-month, even when they’re already receiving the utmost fee or are near that quantity. Households that obtained greater than $95 to deliver them to the utmost fee for his or her group measurement will proceed to obtain that bigger quantity.

Beneath are the utmost allowable advantages for SNAP clients based mostly on their respective family measurement:  

One Particular person: $250 

Two Individuals: $459  

Three Individuals: $658  

4 Individuals: $835  

5 Individuals: $992  

Six Individuals: $1,190  

Seven Individuals: $1,316  

Eight Individuals: $1,504

Secured by U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow as Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee, the federal authorities is offering extra funding to states for meals help underneath Home Decision 6201, the Households First Coronavirus Response Act.

Eligible households don’t have to re-apply to obtain the extra advantages. Individuals who obtain meals help can verify their advantages steadiness on their Michigan Bridge Card by going surfing to www.michigan.gov/MIBridges or calling a shopper service consultant toll-free at 888-678-8914. They’ll ask questions concerning the extra advantages by calling or emailing their caseworker.

Customer support is accessible 24 hours a day, seven days every week. Spanish and Arabic service is accessible. If you’re deaf, deafblind, or exhausting of listening to or speech-impaired, name the Michigan Relay Heart at 7-1-1.