Michigan families receive additional food assistance in June

LANSING, Mich. (WLUC) – All Michigan households who’re eligible for meals help advantages will proceed to obtain a minimum of an extra $95 month-to-month cost in June to assist decrease the price of groceries.

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 meals on the desk due to our ongoing partnership with the federal authorities. Along with serving to Michigan households decrease their out-of-pocket meals prices, this collaboration has helped us proceed to develop our financial system by returning federal {dollars} to Michigan,” stated Governor Whitmer. “I do know Michiganders want actual reduction proper now, which is why I’ve put ahead proposals to ship a $500 rebate from our extra income again to working households and droop the gross sales tax on fuel to decrease costs on the pump. 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 June 11-20. These advantages will probably be loaded onto Bridge Playing cards as a separate cost from the help offered earlier within the month.

All households eligible for the Supplemental Diet Help Program (SNAP) obtain a rise of a minimum of $95 month-to-month, even when they’re already receiving the utmost cost or are near that quantity. Households that obtained greater than $95 to convey them to the utmost cost for his or her group dimension will proceed to obtain that bigger quantity.

Beneath are the utmost allowable advantages for SNAP clients primarily based on their respective family dimension:

• One Individual: $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 must re-apply to obtain the extra advantages. Individuals who obtain meals help can examine their advantages stability on their Michigan Bridge Card by going surfing to www.michigan.gov/MIBridges or calling a client service consultant toll-free at 888-678-8914. They will ask questions concerning the extra advantages by calling or emailing their caseworker.

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

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