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BEM 201 6 of 12 MINOR PARENTS BPB 2019-006 4-1-2019

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

• Offer services to assist the minor parent to return home. • Make a referral to a teen parent contractor or other community services to work with the minor parent, if appropriate. • Make a referral to the local office minor parent coordinator if the client refuses to comply with the requirements. Good Cause Granted If the minor parent has good cause: • Inform the minor parent that: He/she must live in an adult-supervised living arrangement approved by the department. The department will assist him/her in locating an acceptable adult-supervised arrangement if necessary. FIP cannot be opened until the minor parent is living in an acceptable adult-supervised living arrangement. • Determine if the minor parent's current living arrangement is acceptable. • Help the minor parent to select an acceptable living arrangement, if necessary. Minor parents age 16 and over have primary responsibility for find- ing and selecting an acceptable adult-supervised living arrange- ment. Assist the minor parent if necessary. Notify your area service center if the minor parent, with the depart- ment's assistance, is unable to locate an acceptable adult-super- vised living arrangement within 30 calendar days. ACCEPTABLE LIVING ARRANGEMENTS A minor parent cannot live with the child's other parent, regardless of the other parent's age, unless both reside in an acceptable adult- supervised living arrangement. The child's adult parent may not function as the supervising adult to the minor parent. Acceptable adult-supervised living arrangements are: