Ohio Job & Family Services makes change to SNAP program.

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) announced a change to the state-funded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), creating a sliding scale to ease the transition of recipients off the program.The change addresses an issue known as the benefits cliff. Employers have identified the benefits cliff as a barrier to growing their workforce. The cliff occurs when someone chooses not to accept additional work hours, increases in pay or promotions because it pushes them over the income limitations for programs like SNAP. The result is that a pay raise may lead to a net loss in actual income due to losing public assistance.