LANSING, Mich. (WLUC) - Tuesday, Governor Whitmer announced each Michigan families who are eligible for nutrient assistance benefits will receive astatine slightest an further $95 monthly outgo successful November to assistance little the outgo of groceries up of Thanksgiving.
The further assistance volition assistance much than 1.3 cardinal Michiganders successful much than 700,000 households keep much of their hard-earned money.
“This other $95 volition assistance families get a small breathing country arsenic we participate the vacation season,” said Governor Whitmer. “I volition proceed to enactment with anyone astatine the national and authorities level to assistance Michiganders enactment nutrient connected the array and support their hard-earned dollars to wage for different captious household expenses.”
In April 2020, immoderate Michigan residents began receiving further nutrient assistance. In May 2021, each eligible households began getting other monthly benefits. Federal support is indispensable each month.
Eligible clients who person nutrient assistance are receiving the further benefits connected their Bridge Card November 12-21. These benefits are loaded onto Bridge Cards arsenic a abstracted outgo from the assistance provided earlier successful the month.
All households eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) person an summation of astatine slightest $95 monthly, adjacent if they are already receiving the maximum outgo oregon are adjacent to that amount. Households that received much than $95 to bring them to the maximum outgo for their radical size volition proceed to person that larger amount.
Below are the maximum allowable benefits for SNAP customers based connected their respective household size:
· One Person: $281
· Two Persons: $516
· Three Persons: $740
· Four Persons: $939
· Five Persons: $1,116
· Six Persons: $1,339
· Seven Persons: $1,480
· Eight Persons: $1,691
Secured by U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow arsenic Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee, the national authorities is providing further backing to states for nutrient assistance nether House Resolution 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
Eligible families bash not request to re-apply to person further benefits. People who person nutrient assistance tin cheque the equilibrium of their benefits connected their Michigan Bridge Card by going online to www.michigan.gov/MIBridges oregon calling a user work typical toll-free astatine 888-678-8914.
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