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TANF STATE PLAN STATE OF MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

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Group Size

Eligible Grantee

Ineligible Grantee

ONE 363 187 TWO 478 325 THREE 583 498 FOUR 707 660 FIVE 822 822 SIX 981 981 SEVEN 1,072 1,072

EIGHT or more - Add $95 for each additional person 5. Group Composition The following persons who live together must be included in the group for purposes of counting income and assets, unless the group qualifies for the Marriage Exemption: a dependent child for whom assistance is requested; the child’s parents; the child’s stepparent; the child’s siblings and stepsiblings who also meet the definition of dependent child; the parents of the siblings; and the child’s child. Any of the above family members may be excluded based on their status with other programs.

A caretaker other than a parent or stepparent may, in the absence of the child’s parent or stepparent, request assistance for the child only. This caretaker may have the option to be included in the group with the dependent child. If such a caretaker receives assistance, the caretaker’s spouse and dependent children in the home must also be included in the group.

All children cared for by the same caretaker must be included in a single group, even if the children are not related to each other as siblings or stepsiblings. A minor parent living with a parent or stepparent may not receive assistance in his or her own right but must be treated as a dependent child of the parent or stepparent. A minor parent living with a caretaker other than a parent or stepparent who also receives assistance under FIP may not receive assistance in his or her own right but may be eligible only as a dependent child of the caretaker.

Michigan denies assistance to a person who has been, or is expected to be, absent from the home for more than 30 days, unless the absence is because of hospitalization, substance use treatment, training, education, active duty in the uniformed services of the U.S. or a child living apart from a parent due to the parent residing in a domestic violence shelter.