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

• IRS Wage and Pension Match.

This process cross matches income data from MDHHS applicants and recipients with certain income reported to IRS. Department of Corrections Data Exchange All Programs The only data exchange with the Department of Corrections is the automated monthly Incarceration Match. This match identifies all individuals who are active for any program whose current living arrangement is not prison. Department of Education Data Exchange FAP Only The only data exchange with the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) is the School Lunch Program. This process provides MDE with a list of school-age children receiving FAP. This allows students to be certified for free lunches without requiring the student or parent to complete an application. Students may complete an application form at the local school if they believe they meet the low income requirements and either do not receive FAP or, if they receive FAP, did not appear on the MDHHS match that was distributed to that school district. Local school districts are required to verify eligibility for a certain percentage of applications for the school lunch program. The verification sampling is for paper applications only, as no further verification is needed from the names provided by the MDHHS. If a FAP recipient’s name is on a segment of the MDHHS information that was sent by the MDE to a different school district, the local school district may contact the local office for verification of a school lunch applicant’s receipt of FAP. Local offices must cooperate in providing this verification to the local school districts.