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BRIDGES ELIGIBILITY MANUAL STATE OF MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
POLICY INTERPRETATIONS All Programs Implementation of existing policies in manuals, bulletins and num- bered letters for use in specific cases is the responsibility of the local office staff. If assistance is needed, the local office may contact the policy mailbox in the MDHHS central office. Policy interpretation requests must be sent by email. Questions are accepted from: • Up to three designated staff persons from each local office. • Program managers. • Partnership. Accountability. Training. Hope. (PATH) coordinators. • Food assistance management evaluators, (FAME). • AP specialists. Program specific policy email box addresses are as follows: • Policy-CDC@michigan.gov - Child Development and Care Policy. • Policy-Employment@michigan.gov - FIP Employment and Training Policy. • MDHHS-Policy-FAPemployment@michigan.gov - FAP Employment and Training Policy. • Policy-FAP@michigan.gov - Food Assistance Program Policy. • Policy-FIP-SDA@michigan.gov - FIP and SDA Assistance Programs. • LEO-RefugeeServices@michigan.gov - RCA, RCA Employment and Training, and RMA Policy. • EligibilityPolicy@michigan.gov (Medicaid related questions & exception requests). • Policy-SER@michigan.gov - State Emergency Relief Policy. • MDHHS-EBT-Policy@michigan.gov - EBT Policy.