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

• Ask the participant how s/he is coming along with the activities. The previous contact’s narrative may assist in this process. Ask the participant, “What’s better?” • Using strength-based interviewing, address concerns related to meeting participation requirement if the participant is not participating. • Update the dates activities were accomplished, comments and outcomes. Add new activities as appropriate. • Document new individual and family abilities and skills as they are developed or identified. FAILURE TO COMPLY The WEIs failure to submit the FAST within 30 days of the notice date is failure to meet eligibility requirements. A task/reminder is sent to the specialist to deny the pending application for FIP. The participant’s failure to participate (can not be local office fault) in the development of the FSSP within 90 days of the notice date creates a record of noncooperation and a task/reminder is sent to the case manager to determine good cause for the noncooperation ion the active FIP EDG. Policy Questions Questions regarding this policy may be submitted by authorized users to the Employment & Training policy email box at: Policy- Employment@Michigan.gov. VERIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

Wage Earning Activity Document actual hours of participation in wage earning activities that are not monitored by PATH when earnings start and every six months thereafter. Take the average of verified hours from one of the following sources: • MDHHS-38, Verification of Employment.