We Accept Cash, Credit, and EBT/LINK at Mercy Market!

UNIVERSAL LINK DOUBLE MATCH INCENTIVE PROGRAM

You can swipe your LINK card on-site!

Universal LINK Match Incentive Program at Mercy Market allows SNAP shoppers that use LINK benefits at:

  • Mercy Market

  • Central Park Farmer’s Market

  • Richland Community College Farmer’s Market

and use the same tokens and match vouchers at participating vendors.

 

How it works…

  • Go to the Market Info Tent & talk to the staff

  • Swipe your LINK card for tokens

    • Tokens are good for any SNAP-eligible items.

    • Our staff can help you learn what items count

  • Get TRIPLE the value of your swipe up to $40 when used to buy fresh, local fruits, vegetables, and plant starts

    • EXAMPLE: swipe for $20 and get:

      • $20 in tokens for all SNAP-eligible items

      • $40 in match vouchers for fresh, local fruits and vegetables

        • Match vouchers may be used to purchase fresh, local fruits, vegetables, and plant starts from any vendor at any of the three markets.

        • Match vouchers are not redeemable for cash and no change is given when paying with them.

The program is funded through Link Up Illinois, a program of Experimental Station in Chicago, through a partnership with The Land Connection in Champaign, IL. Part of the funding comes from an FMPP grant support from the USDA and the other funds come from newly appropriated state funding.