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BEM 228 5 of 22 FAMILY AUTOMATED SCREENING TOOL AND FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY PLAN BPB 2025-008 4-1-2025

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

See BEM 245 for a definition of high school and an explanation of full time enrollment and attendance. FAMILY AUTOMATED SCREENING TOOL The Family Automated Screening Tool (FAST) is a 50-question, Web-based survey designed to identify an individual's strengths, needs and barriers to family functioning and/or successful employ- ment. The framework of information about the family that is gathered from the FAST will pre-fill various sections of the FSSP. Participants complete the FAST from any computer with Internet access. This could occur in the participant's home, through public Internet access, at the local PATH office, or from a PC available in the local MDHHS office. The address to the FAST is www.michigan.gov/fast. The client recipient ID, the name of the service county and the last four digits of the participant’s Social Security number are entered to complete a FAST. (Instruct participant to enter four zeros when participant has no Social Security number.) Completion of the FAST will take approximately 30 minutes depending on the individual's reading and computer skills. The participant must select an answer to every question even if it is skip. When the participant submits final answers to complete the FAST, the participant will be given a confirmation number to print or write down as verification that the FAST was completed. Individuals with disabilities, no Internet access or literacy skills that prevent successful completion of the FAST may complete the DHS- 595, Family Screening Tool. MDHHS specialists and PATH case managers must assist. The participant's answers from the paper FAST must be entered on the electronic FAST to pre-fill information on the participant's FSSP. MDHHS staff may enter this information for deferred participants. FAMILY SELF- SUFFICIENCY PLAN The Family Self-Sufficiency Plan (FSSP) is a Web-based service plan developed by the department, employment service provider and, most importantly, the participant. It allows agencies to share information about mutual participants to eliminate the participant's need to comply with multiple plans. It is used to collect, document,