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BEM 210 5 of 20 FIP GROUP COMPOSITION BPB 2026-002 1-1-2026

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

These determinations are made based on the individual’s: • Age. • School attendance. • Relationship(s) to other household members. • Program Request status. • Receipt of other program benefits such as SSI, child foster care payments or Independent Living Stipend. • Criminal justice disqualifications. • FIP time limit. Mandatory FIP EDG Members When cash assistance is requested for a dependent child, or a dependent child is a mandatory FIP EDG member, all of the follow- ing individuals who live together are in the FIP EDG: • Dependent child. • Child's legal parent(s). • Child's legal siblings who meet the definition of a dependent child (siblings have at least one legal parent in common). • Legal parent(s) of the child’s siblings. • Child's legal stepparent, even after death of or divorce from the parent. • Child's legal stepsiblings, who meet the definition of a dependent child, even after death of or divorce from the parent. • Child's child. Example: Sally is 18 and attends high school full-time. Sally and her one-year-old daughter live with her mother and 13-year-old brother. Sally applies for cash assistance for herself and her daughter. Everyone in the household is a mandatory FIP EDG member because Sally has requested cash for her dependent child, making Sally a mandatory EDG member; and Sally meets the