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TANF STATE PLAN STATE OF MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
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Earnings an individual receives under the Detroit Self-Sufficiency Grant Pilot are completely excluded. Guaranteed Income Programs (GIP) payments do not count as income for the Family Independence Program. GIP is a cash payment provided on a regular basis to members of a community with no strings attached and no work requirements. RX Kids Payments is an example of a GIP payment. Court-ordered direct child support paid for a dependent child that is in the home is completely excluded.
The amount of court-ordered child support paid by a group member for children not in the home is deducted from the group’s income.
Flint Water Settlement payments do not count as income for the Family Independence Program.
3. Income Budgeting Income is budgeted prospectively based on a best estimate of the amount of countable available income to be received in the benefit month. Income is available when it is actually received or can be reasonably anticipated. Reasonably anticipated means that the amount of income can be estimated, and the date of receipt is known.
The best estimate is used for current and future benefit months. The actual income received is used when calculating a budget for a past benefit month. Income received less often than monthly is converted to a standard monthly amount.
Clients must report the following changes in income within 10 days of the change:
• Unearned income changes of $50 or more. • New and lost sources of unearned income. • The following earned income changes: o Changing employers. o Gaining or losing a job. o Changes in wage rates. o Changes in work hours of more than five hours per week that are expected to continue for more than a month.
4. Payment Standard
The maximum monthly benefit amount is called the payment standard. Income is subtracted from the payment standard to determine the grant amount. Eligible group size and grantee status (eligible or ineligible grantee) determine the statewide payment standard.