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BEM 230A 20 of 26 EMPLOYMENT AND/OR SELF-SUFFICIENCY RELATED ACTIVITIES: FIP BPB 2022-020 10-1-2022
BRIDGES ELIGIBILITY MANUAL STATE OF MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
get the 150 hours added back to his/her JS/JR limit until the corresponding report months drop off 12 months in the future. Vocational Educational Training This activity continues to have a lifetime limit of 12 months. The limit began January 1, 1997. Clients who participated any day in a given month since the limit began will have a count of 1 applied on the FSSP. Participation in this activity exceeding the 12 month limitation is not counted in the work participation rate. HOLIDAYS AND EXCUSED ABSENCES Holiday hours and excused absence hours may be applied for unpaid work activities only. The FSSP will not allow entry of these hours for paid work activities. Clients in paid work receive holiday and excused hours from their employer. Holidays Holidays are now considered participation when a client in an unpaid work activity has previously been assigned to a planned activity and is scheduled to participate. The following holidays are allowed: • New Year’s Day. • Martin Luther King Jr. day. • Memorial Day. • Fourth of July. • Labor Day. • Veterans Day. • Thanksgiving. • Day after Thanksgiving. • Christmas Eve. • Christmas day. The countable holiday hours are limited to an average of eight hours per holiday. Record the hours that a client is scheduled to participate in the activity under that activity in the FSSP when: