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BEM 229 3 of 7 PATH PROGRAM REFERRALS & THE APPLICATION ELIGIBILITY PERIOD BPB 2025-008 4-1-2025
BRIDGES ELIGIBILITY MANUAL STATE OF MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
• Self-sufficiency requirements. • Penalties for non-compliance, the triage, hearing processes and good cause. • Earnings or activity reporting and verification requirements, including the semi-annual reporting requirement for families with earnings. • Domestic violence. • FIP is limited to a 60-month lifetime limit per individual; see BEM 234, FIP Time Limit. • Prohibited use of FIP to purchase lottery tickets, alcohol, or tobacco. It is also prohibited for gambling, illegal activities, massage parlors, spas, tattoo shops, bail-bond agencies, adult entertainment, cruise ships or other nonessential items. Ensure the client understands his/her responsibility to participate in employment-related activities including, but not limited to, calling before they are unable to attend a meeting or appointment and before they become noncompliant. The DHS-1538 must be reviewed and signed by all of the following applicants and member adds: • Adult members. • Minor parent grantees. • Deferred and potentially deferred adults. • Ineligible grantees. File the original signed copy of the DHS-1538, Work and Self-Suffi- ciency Rules, in the case record; a photocopy is given to the client at the in-person interview or is mailed to the client following a phone interview. Timing of PATH Referral Mandatory PATH clients are referred to PATH upon application for FIP, when a client’s reason for deferral ends, or a member add is requested. Do not send any others to PATH at application, unless a deferred client volunteers to participate. All PATH referrals are sent by Bridges. Bridges will generate an automated PATH referral to the one-stop service centers’ One Stop Management Information System (OSMIS), as well as generating an DHS-4785, PATH