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

Reunification Plan Any document or collateral contact that verifies the services plan is to return the child to the parent’s home. When a child in out-of-home foster care placement is active Chil- dren’s Protective Services only, assume there is a plan to return the child to the parent’s home when the field on the Services Inquiry screen Petition Filed for Termination of Parental Rights is not yes. When the child in out-of-home foster care placement is active Chil- dren’s Foster Care, there is a plan to return the child to a parent’s home when the Services Inquiry screen shows ‘MI goal of return home’ and the ‘parent cooperation’ switch is not ‘no’. Unrelated Placement Verify that a court has ordered MDHHS responsible for the care and supervision of a child(ren), and that the child has been placed with the unrelated caregiver by MDHHS children’s services staff with one of the following: • A DHS-498, Caregiver Assistance Application Cover Letter, completed by MDHHS children’s services staff. • A copy of court documents. • Contact with or statement from the MDHHS children’s services staff that provides the same information. Emancipated • Marriage certificate. • Court order. • Armed forces documentation. LEGAL BASE FIP 42 USC 608 42 USC 619 Mich Admin Code, R 400.3112, .3114, .3122 MCL 400.57 et seq. MCL 400.6(3) and (4) 2018 P.A. 574