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

Combined FIP/FAP Waiver In order to comply federal FLSA requirements, a participant must engage in another core activity if the maximum unpaid work hours are not enough to meet the minimum federal participation require- ments. With the combined FIP/FAP waiver, the FIP and FAP grants are combined and divided by the state minimum wage, in most cases, allowing the participant increased hours for which they can participate in community service and/or unpaid work experience to meet federal work participation requirements. Furthermore, if a par- ticipant is assigned the maximum hours allowed by the FLSA calcu- lation, but this maximum is not enough to meet their core hour requirement, the remaining core hours may be “deemed.” Deeming gives the participant credit for completing core (for community ser- vice or unpaid work experience only) hours when they have not actually met their required hours, due to the FLSA restriction. By deeming, the participant meets WPR requirements for the month. Note: Bridges interfaces to OSMIS the combined FIP/FAP grant amount on a monthly basis. Example: FIP and FAP grant amount combined for a family of two (consisting of one adult and one child) is $803. Divide $803 by state minimum wage ($9.25). The total of 86.81 hours per month is rounded to the lower whole number. 86 hours per month is the maximum number of community service/unpaid work hours that may be required of the participant. This participant has a 30 hour per week minimum federal requirement, multiplied by four weeks, totaling 120 hours per month. In this example, there is a shortfall of 34 required hours, as the FIP and FAP combined grant amounts limits the participant to 86 hours maximum in community service and/or unpaid work experience. The participant will be deemed as meeting his/her entire work requirement for that month. A participant with a 30 hour requirement must complete their 20 required hours in the core activities and may complete the additional 10 required hours in non-core activities. If the participant is able to deem their 20 hour requirement based on the combined FIP/FAP waiver, but does not meet their additional 10 hour non- core requirement, that participant will not meet their work participation requirement for the month.