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BEM 203 1 of 8 CRIMINAL JUSTICE DISQUALIFICATIONS BPB 2026-009 4-1-2026

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

POLICY Family Independence Program (FIP), Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA) State Disability Assistance (SDA) and Food Assistance Program (FAP) People who have been convicted of certain crimes and probation or parole violators are not eligible for assistance. Policy to establish intentional program violations (IPV) disqualifications and overpayments is found in Bridges Administrative Manual (BAM) 700, Benefit Overpayments and BAM 720, Intentional Program Violation. DUPLICATE RECEIPT OF ASSISTANCE FIP, SDA, and FAP An individual shall be disqualified for a period of 10 years if found to have committed an intentional program violation either through an administrative disqualification hearing, court conviction, or by signing a disqualification consent agreement, based on having made a fraudulent statement or representation regarding their identity or residence to receive benefits using more than one set of personal identifiers, or address at the same time, resulting in duplicate benefits being issued by one or more states (including within the same state), under the following program(s): • State programs funded under Title IV-A of the Social Security Act (known as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) in the Social Security Act; known as FIP in Michigan. • State programs funded under Michigan's Social Welfare Act of 1939 (Public Act 280) known as State Disability Assistance (SDA). • State programs funded under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (known as Food Assistance Program (FAP) or the Disaster Food Assistance Program (DFAP).