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BAM 320 7 of 12 DEPARTMENT AUDITS BPB 2025-009 4-1-2025
BRIDGES ADMINISTRATIVE MANUAL STATE OF MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
Frequency of Reviews and Selection of Cases for Review Each month a statewide random sample of households is selected from two categories: federally funded active FIP/TANF cases and federally funded closed FIP/TANF cases. Requests for MDHHS Case Records & MWA Files When a case is selected for review, the Compliance Division (CD) contacts the local office designee to request the case record. MDHHS offices have five business days to complete the DHS-572, OQA TANF Case Review Checklist, and provide the checklist and the MDHHS client case record to CD. The Workforce Development Agency (WDA) has eight business days to obtain the Michigan Works! Agency (MWA) file and provide it to CD. TANF/FIP Case Review Upon receipt of the records and files, CD completes the work par- ticipation desk review. When they have completed their review, the Central Office FIP/TANF Family Program Policy Unit completes a review of the FIP/TANF group’s eligibility based on information pro- vided in Bridges. WDA also reviews the work eligible individual’s current work participation activities within the One Stop Manage- ment Information System (OSMIS). TANF Work Participation Review Committee (WPRC) The TANF Work Participation Review Committee (WPRC) is facili- tated by the Compliance Division and is a partnership between CD, TANF/FIP Family Program Policy, Economic Stability Administration (ESA), WDA, MDHHS local office representative/PATH Coordinator, and MWAs. To assure accuracy and completeness, case review results and action items for all sampled cases are discussed during weekly TANF Work Participation Review Committee meetings/teleconference calls. The goals of the WPRC are: • Assure that federal work participation determinations were accurately made. • Identify and obtain additional documentation that might not have been provided or available at the time of the review.