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

STRENGTHS AND ABILITIES. Start with this section when you interview the participant to complete the FSSP. Compliment the participant on strengths identified at application, interviews or by completion of the FAST. A confident participant will be a more active participant in developing the FSSP. Strengths are identified by type: employment, education and training or family strengthening for quick reference by the worker assigned from each agency. Some strengths will be pre-filled based on how the participant answered the FAST questions. Comments may be entered for items collected from the FAST; however, the item cannot be deleted. Enter comments to strength when necessary as you discuss them with the participant. Help the participant identify resources the participant already has available to move toward success without MDHHS. The following technique is recommended: Tell me about a success you have had in the past. Which of your qualities contributed to your success? Have you always had this quality or did you have to learn it? Often concerns can translate to strengths. For instance: • Children who have no history of truancy or expulsion from school.. • An individual successfully completed inpatient or outpatient rehabilitation.. • Successfully completed Employment and Training programs under the Job Training Parternership Act (JTPA). • An individul who have litte ornever worked, however very knowledgeable in life experiences, andbonded with their children. BARRIERS & RESOURCES

Barriers Identify, document and address barriers to self-sufficiency in this section as in the Strengths and Abilities section.