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

be expected to endanger the client should be avoided. Document the clients’ agreement in the FSSP. The maximum deferral period is three months. Bridges will change the deferral code to mandatory participant at the end of the deferral period. Bridges will generate a referral to PATH as well as the DHS-4785. With documented supervisor approval, extensions are permitted in three-month increments. Use the client’s written statement as documentation unless there is sufficient reason to question it. If the statement is questionable, request further documentation, including any of the following:

• Service from a domestic violence provider. • Medical records. • Court records, such as personal protection order or petition. • Police records (for example, domestic disturbance response). • School records (for example, statement by a school counselor). • Statement by a licensed therapist or counselor. • Other case record information (including children’s services). Note: All information concerning domestic violence is confidential; see BAM 310, Confidentiality and Public Access to Case Records. VISTA, Job Corps, AmeriCorps Participants in VISTA, Job Corps or AmeriCorps meet participation requirements if the client is participating in this activity for at least the minimum number of required hours. These clients are not referred to PATH unless they wish to participate in the one-stop service center education and training program. Note: When a participant in VISTA, Job Corps or AmeriCorps participates less than the minimum number of required hours, refer the client to PATH as a mandatory participant. Use OSMIS case notes to inform PATH of the client’s participation in VISTA, Job Corps or AmeriCorps. Disability Information recorded in Bridges will defer the following: • Recipients of RSDI based on disability or blindness.