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BAM 406 2 of 5 SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD ASSISTANCE BENEFITS BPB 2022-001 1-1-2022

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

Exception: Migrant/seasonal farmworker groups that were active in the FAP program the month before the application date are eligible for a full application month's benefit. This is true whether the entire group or any member of the group was active the month before the FAP application date. Bridges will not prorate initial benefits for such groups. RETROACTIVE BENEFITS If the application processing is delayed beyond 60 days from the date of application, Bridges will issue a supplement to correct previ- ous months benefits which may result in offsetting (see the “COR- RECTING PRIOR MONTHS BENEFITS” section in this item). CORRECTING THE CURRENT MONTH BENEFIT Bridges will issue a supplement when the current month benefit is less than the group is eligible for. Such situations include but are not limited to the following: • Due to administrative time frames or agency error, DHS fails to effect any increase of the regular current month benefit as required by policy. Exception: When current month and prior month(s) underissuances are due to the same agency error, court order, etc., Bridges will consolidate them and issue a supplement under prior months. • An eligible group requests a hearing within 11 days of the effective date of an immediate negative action affecting current month benefits. Issue the supplement within five days after receiving the hearing request if the negative action resulted from a voluntary report by the FAP group. If not, issue the supplement within ten days of receiving the hearing request.

See BEM 610 for issuing current month supplements for migrant groups.