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BRIDGES ADMINISTRATIVE MANUAL STATE OF MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

• Enter all appropriate information, including verification sources, in Bridges to document ineligibility, or the client’s request that the program(s) be closed. • Run EDBC in Bridges and certify the eligibility results. • Make appropriate referrals for other programs or services. CDC EDG CLOSURE REASONS The following are valid reasons to end CDC benefits during the 12- month continuous eligibility period: • Client requests closure. • Substantiated welfare fraud or IPV sanction. • Loss of Michigan residency. • Income exceeds the eligibility scale in RFT 270, and the income increase is not Temporary Excess Income; see BEM 505. • Only authorized child ages out or leaves the household; see BEM 240, Age, for age requirements. • Only P/SP on the case leaves the household (no longer resides with the authorized child). • Minor parent, active on legal guardian's case, turns 18. • Assets exceed $1 million. • A case correction that results in closure. CASE ACTION NOTICE FORMS FIP, SDA, RCA, CDC and FAP Bridges sends the appropriate notice based on the case action taken. Notices are sent to Spanish or Arabic-speaking clients using a Spanish-Arabic form, if available, and if the client has indicated Spanish or Arabic as the household’s written language.

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BAM 220 24 of 27 CASE ACTIONS BPB 2026-023 8-1-2026

BRIDGES ADMINISTRATIVE MANUAL STATE OF MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

• Enter all appropriate information, including verification sources, in Bridges to document ineligibility, or the client’s request that the program(s) be closed. • Run EDBC in Bridges and certify the eligibility results. • Make appropriate referrals for other programs or services. CDC EDG CLOSURE REASONS The following are valid reasons to end CDC benefits during the 12- month continuous eligibility period: • Client requests closure. • Substantiated welfare fraud or IPV sanction. • Loss of Michigan residency. • Income exceeds the eligibility scale in RFT 270, and the income increase is not Temporary Excess Income; see BEM 505. • Only authorized child ages out or leaves the household; see BEM 240, Age, for age requirements. • Only P/SP on the case leaves the household (no longer resides with the authorized child). • Minor parent, active on legal guardian's case, turns 18. • Assets exceed $1 million. • A case correction that results in closure. CASE ACTION NOTICE FORMS FIP, SDA, RCA, CDC and FAP Bridges sends the appropriate notice based on the case action taken. Notices are sent to Spanish or Arabic-speaking clients using a Spanish-Arabic form, if available, and if the client has indicated Spanish or Arabic as the household’s written language.