Food aid back for 50k Bridge Card users

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) - Money has been added to debit cards for more than half of 85,000 Michigan food assistance recipients who were without the aid for a day.

The state says Friday that about 50,000 Bridge Cards had been loaded by early afternoon. The goal is to add money to all of the affected cards by day's end.

A human error left about one-tenth of Michigan's food stamp recipients without money they were expecting to see on their debit cards Thursday.

A family receiving food assistance gets about $540 a month on average. Those with account numbers ending in "0" were affected.

The state Department of Technology, Management and Budget says it worked through the night to restore the money.

Recipients of food assistance can call 888-678-8914 for updates.