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BEM 230C 15 of 18 EMPLOYMENT AND/OR SELF-SUFFICIENCY RELATED ACTIVITIES: RCA BPB 2024-027 10-1-2024

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

• Participate in any employability service program which provides job or language training, which is determined to be available and appropriate for the mandatory participant. • Participate in any social service program if referred and as available in the area in which the mandatory participant resides. VERIFICATION

Paid Work Activities The recipient’s actual hours of participation in paid work activities must be verified. The specialist may use two consecutive paycheck stubs or wage statements that reflect the average number of hours worked by the client. Paycheck stubs or a collateral contact with the client’s manager or supervisor meet the requirement to project the client’s hours for six months. Determine the average number of hours worked and document in Bridges Case Comments. Example: Amber submits three consecutive paycheck stubs for pay dates of January 5, 12 and 19. One paycheck stub shows 25 hours worked, one paycheck stub shows 30 hours worked and one pay check stub shows 32 hours worked. The average of the three paycheck stubs is 29 hours per week on average. Example: Jordan submits two consecutive paycheck stubs for pay dates of January 5 and January 19. The client is paid bi-weekly. One paycheck stub states 60 hours worked and one paycheck stub states 55 hours worked. The average of the two paycheck stubs is 28 hours per week, dropping the fraction (60+55 divided by four weeks) to obtain the weekly average. Change in hours of Work Activity When a recipient reports a change in the number of hours of employment during the six-month projection, the specialist must gather actual paycheck stubs that reflect the change. Use a mini- mum of two new consecutive paycheck stubs, wage statements or the collateral contact to project the new six-month period that begins the month after the month with the change. Document the change in Bridges Case Comments.