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BEM 230A 4 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

• Consult Michigan Rehabilitation Services (MRS) if additional information about appropriate accommodations is needed or when you need advice. • Document the accommodation in the Other MWA referral comments section of the Employment Services - Details screen, and on the Family Self-Sufficiency Plan (FSSP). Modifications or extra help may include, but are not limited to, the following: • Reduced hours of required participation. • Extended education allowances including more than 12 months allowed for vocational education. • Extended job search/job readiness time limit. Justification for a plan including reasonable accommodation is documented in the client’s FSSP and the Individual Service Strategy (ISS) with the one-stop service center. When clients with verified disabilities are fully participating to their capability, they are counted as fully engaged in meeting work participation requirements regardless of the hours in which they are engaged, even if they do not meet federal work requirements. MANDATORY PARTICIPATION IN EMPLOYMENT SERVICES All WEIs, unless temporarily deferred, must engage in employment that pays at least state minimum wage or participate in employment services. WEIs who are temporarily deferred are required to partici- pate in activities that will help them overcome barriers and prepare them for employment or referral to an employment service provider. PATH Most WEIs are referred to PATH provided by the one-stop service center serving the client’s area when one of the following exists: • A WEI applies for FIP. • A WEI applies to be a member added to a FIP group. • A WEI is no longer temporarily deferred from employment services.