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

See clients served by MDHHS, FAP in this item. Bus Tickets/ Tokens FIP, CDC, MA Family, FAP FAMILY, FAP NON-FAMILY Bus tickets/tokens are part of a bulk purchase already paid for by the local office designee. Bridges does not require entry of a dollar amount or unit amount, but a case comment should be entered on what was provided and the reason. Bus tickets/tokens are distributed in units that reduces the inventory of this bulk purchased item. Bus tickets/tokens may be given for a client to transport children to child care facilities when the client is working or participating in employment-related activities. Local offices must develop a sign-out method to track issuance of bulk purchased items (for audit purposes) to associate a particular client to the service. PATH and TLFA bulk purchase requests must be completed on separate MDHHS-5602 payment request forms. Payment Methods for Transportation Local offices should develop the payment method(s) to best meet local needs and resources. Examples include: • Payment directly to the participant. • Payment to a provider for a specific participant. • Payment to a provider for a number of participants. • Bulk purchase of bus tickets/tokens or gas cards to be issued to individual participants but paid for or redeemed as a group. If more than one payment method is used, the local office must ensure against duplicate assistance. Standard accounting proce- dures and security for vouchers and bus tickets/tokens must be in place. Note: Care should be taken when purchasing bulk gas or gift-type cards that guarantees clients are not able to purchase prohibited items. Best practice is to work with a provider and obtain cards that only allow for the purchase of gas, clothing, or other expense intended by the card.