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BEM 201 4 of 12 MINOR PARENTS BPB 2019-006 4-1-2019

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

GOOD CAUSE REASONS - LIVING ARRANGEMENT The good cause reasons for not requiring a minor parent and his/her child to live with a parent, stepparent, or legal guardian are: • The minor parent is living with another adult relative with parental consent. • The minor parent has no living parent, stepparent, or legal guardian whose whereabouts is known. At a minimum, do a Bridges Individual Inquiry on the parent's/stepparent's/legal guardian's name(s) to attempt to locate them. • The parent, stepparent, or legal guardian will not allow the minor parent to live in his/her home. A CPS complaint is required because of neglect. Do not delay other actions or the eligibility determination awaiting the CPS determination. • The physical or emotional health or safety of the minor parent or dependent child would be jeopardized if they lived with the minor parent's parent, stepparent, or legal guardian because: An investigated CPS complaint (confirmed or unconfirmed) indicates that the minor parent or other children in the household did not receive adequate food, clothing, medical care or other necessities or were physically, emotionally, or sexually abused. An unconfirmed complaint must have indicated that there was risk to the children although the allegations could not be substantiated. The return of the minor parent and child to the parent's, stepparent's, or legal guardian's home would result in violation of the terms of a lease or violation of local health or safety standards. Law enforcement officers have verbally verified that there is probable cause to believe that the home of the parent, stepparent, or legal guardian is the scene of illegal activity. • The minor parent is participating in a licensed substance abuse treatment program which would no longer be available if he/she returned to the parent's, stepparent's or legal guardian's home.