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BAM 804 1 of 5 INCARCERATION MATCHES BPB 2023-010 5-1-2023

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

DEPARTMENT POLICY Family Independence Program (FIP), State Disability Assistance (SDA), Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA), Food Assistance (FAP) A person in a federal, state, or local correctional facility for more than 30 days is not eligible to receive FIP, SDA, RCA or FAP benefits. Child Development and Care (CDC) Close CDC if the only parent/substitute parent on the CDC case leaves the household (no longer resides with the authorized child) due to incarceration or other reason; see BAM 220, CDC EDG closure reasons. Medicaid (MA) A person can remain eligible for MA during a period of incarceration. Coverage is limited to inpatient hospital services only; see BEM 265. INCARCERATION MATCH DOC All Programs The automated Incarceration Match is a daily match between Department of Corrections (DOC) and Bridges. This match runs for all individuals who are active for any program whose current living arrangement is not prison. If a valid match is found, the interface will update living arrangement of the individual to prison with a prison type of Prison State and create a mass update trigger for all cases where the client is active. Eligibility will then be re-determined for all programs on the cases where the client is active. FIP, SDA, RCA and FAP In addition to updating the living arrangement and prison type, a MDHHS- 6017, Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) Incarceration Match Client Notice, will be sent to the group to verify if the group member is in a state prison, before member removal or case closure can be completed, if appropriate. FIP, SDA, RCA and