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BEM 221 3 of 5 IDENTITY BPB 2020-010 4-1-2020

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

• Current, valid driver's license with a photograph of the individual. • Federal, state, or local government issued identification card with the same information included on a driver’s license. • School-issued identification with a photograph. • U.S. military card or draft record. • Benefit award letter or other document indicating an individual’s receipt of benefits under a program that requires verification of identity (for example, SSI, RSDI). • A cross match with a federal or state governmental, public assistance, law enforcement, or correction agency’s data system (for example, the SSA cross match in Bridges). • A U.S. passport. • A Certification of Naturalization (Department of Homeland Security, (DHS) Forms N-550 or N-570). • A Certificate of U.S. Citizenship (DHS Forms N-560 or N-561). • Military dependent’s identification card. • Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood, or other U.S. American Indian/Alaska Native tribal document. • U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner card. • School records, such as report cards, are acceptable for children age 16-18. • Three or more corroborating documents such as marriage licenses, divorce decrees, high school diplomas, college degrees, or employer ID cards. This option is only available to individuals who submitted second or third tier proof of U.S. citizenship, not fourth tier; see BEM 225 for citizenship tiers. When this is used for proof of identity, choose other acceptable as the verification source on citizenship/residency screen in the individual demographics logical unit of work (LUW). • Disabled individuals in residential care facilities may have their identity attested to by the facility director or administrator when