Lucas County Benefit Bridge Assistance

The Lucas County Benefit Bridge program is designed to help individuals and families, who experience a significant reduction or loss of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits due to wage increases, continue their path to self-sufficiency.

This 18-month program is intended to support stability needed to maintain employment, gain skills needed to move into higher paying positions and become self-sufficient. Our Benefit Bridge program offers incentives, job retention and advancement, job and education coaching, peer mentoring, financial literacy, training certifications and community referrals for social services, legal and mental health services.

There are many factors that are used to determine whether someone will be enrolled in the Benefit Bridge program. Below are some requirements for the applicant to consider:

Employed individual working at least 20 hours per week and receiving SNAP and/or Publicly Funded Childcare who is experiencing a significant decrease in benefits or proposed closure due to earned income in the prior 60 days from application date

Unemployed individual receiving SNAP and/or Publicly Funded Childcare who enrolls in a WIOA or SNAP Employment & Training short term training program (4 months max) and is expected to have employment within 60 days following training

Individual NOT serving Intentional Program Violation (IPV)

Individual NOT currently on an overpayment (with Fraud by IPV or court decision)

Sanctioned individual is not eligible until sanction compliance is completed

In-person intake and ongoing meetings with assigned Mobility Mentor

Completion of financial literacy program

If you would like to be considered for our program, or you have questions, please visit us at the library or leave a message at 419.213.6314. Learn more or apply online here.