State Reps. Daniel Troy, D-Willowick, and Josh Williams, R-Sylvania Township, introduced House Bill 178 this week, which would require the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services to provide a benefit allotment to qualifying senior citizens participating in the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
“Since the termination of the public health emergency, over 70,000 older Ohioan households have seen their monthly benefits reduced to $23, after receiving significantly more during the emergency,” Troy said. “This legislation would increase the minimum benefit to $50 per month with a state-funded supplement.”
Ohioans aged 60 and older who currently receive a monthly SNAP benefit allotment of less than $50 would be eligible for the supplemental benefit…