food assistance

Newark Mayor Corey Booker did it.And last week, both Congressman Sander Levin (D-Royal Oak) and Congressman Dan Kildee (D-Flint) did it.They all made a…

Governor Rick Snyder has signed a new law (House Bill 4042) to ensure that dead people and incarcerated citizens are not eligible for Michigan’s Bridge…

The state of Michigan has been awarded federal grant money as part of a pilot food assistance program for K-12 students and their families. The program…

My favorite new magazine is nice to look at, isn’t printed on paper, and has eye-opening new information about our state twice a week. It’s called Bridge,…

A new United States Department of Agriculture program will provide free lunches and breakfasts to all K-12 students in the Detroit Public School system…

Since April, about 30,000 college students were dropped from Michigan’s food assistance program. The Department of Human Services’ new eligibility…

The Michigan League for Human Services (MLHS) released its "Economic Security Bulletin" today.The report showed the unemployment rate dropping in 82 of…

Millions of kids eat free or reduced-price meals at their schools during the school year. But during the summer, those numbers drop dramatically. Last…

Michigan is getting 3.3 million dollars from the federal government to continue efforts to stop errors in the Food Assistance Program. Senator Debbie…

The state provides food-assistance to low-income residents who qualify through the Bridge Card Program. The card operates sort of like a debit card…