Alger, Iron and Luce counties in the Upper Peninsula, Montmorency, Roscommon, Iosco and Arenac in the northern and central Lower Peninsula, and Oceana County on the Lake Michigan shore make up the eight counties where Michigan’s SNAP work rule came back on Nov. 1. Bay City is the ninth place on the list. In all of them, food assistance recipients who are able-bodied adults without young children at home now need 80 hours of work or approved activity a month, or they are limited to three months of benefits.
The Eight Counties and Bay City, and the Places Still Waived
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced the change in an Oct. 30 press release, whose full text appears on EIN Presswire. According to the Daily Press in Escanaba, the requirements were reinstated Sunday, Nov. 1, in Alger, Arenac, Iosco, Iron, Luce, Montmorency, Oceana and Roscommon counties, plus the city of Bay City.
In the Upper Peninsula, Upper Michigan’s Source reported that Alger, Iron and Luce are the three counties affected, while Mackinac and Schoolcraft remain under a federal waiver.
The waiver still covers seven counties, according to Radio Results Network: Alcona, Cheboygan, Mackinac, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Presque Isle and Schoolcraft. It also covers five cities: Detroit, Eastpointe, Flint, Jackson and Saginaw. Outside those areas, the report says, the requirements apply statewide, so the Nov. 1 change affects only the places that lost waiver coverage…