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BAM 305 1 of 9 ASSIGNMENT, REASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER BPB 2015-005 4-1-2015

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

DEPARTMENT POLICY All Programs Assignment, Reassignment and Transfer are automated processes in Bridges. Assignment is the designation of responsibility for processing an application to a specific workload. Reassignment is a change in responsibility for the ongoing mainte- nance of active program groups from one caseload to another caseload. Transfer is a change in the county or district responsible for pro- cessing an application or providing ongoing maintenance. Bridges automatically assigns and reassigns all related assistance payments cases to the same workload or to a workload in the same unit. ASSIGNMENT Automated assignment occurs at the end of the registration process and is based on the local office intake rotation. Local Office Intake Rotation Bridges identifies specialist availability and authorization to process the following special group characteristics:  Groups that have a disabled member.  Family groups.  Migrant groups.  Non-English speaking groups.  Groups assigned to special policy.  Groups in Special Living Arrangements (SLA)s. Local offices can authorize an Eligibility Specialist (ES) or Family Independent Specialist (FIS) as Special Accommodation Assignments Only (SAAO) in one or more of the above group characteristics. Staff authorized as SAAO will be assigned only related cases which contain a group characteristic the person specializes in. Staff authorized for the group characteristic but not