LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Approximately 350,000 Michigan families will continue to have access to additional food assistance benefits during November, in an extension announced Friday by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.
Michigan previously approved the additional food assistance for March through June. The assistance is being extended for the month of November with approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service.
Eligible clients will see additional food assistance benefits on their Bridge Card by November 30, with payments beginning for some households November 21. Additional benefits will be loaded onto Bridge Cards as a separate payment from the assistance that is provided earlier in the month.
Nearly 1.5 million people in Michigan receive federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits through the state’s Food Assistance Program
Households eligible for Food Assistance Program benefits will receive additional benefits in November to bring all current SNAP cases to the maximum monthly allowance for that group size. This change only applies to customers not currently receiving the maximum benefit amount.
The 350,000 households that receive increased benefits represent more than 50 percent of the more than 682,000 Michigan households that received food assistance in September. The remaining households already receive the maximum benefit.
