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

Page 13 Effective Date: January 1, 2020 • Age 65 or older

• The parent of a child under the age of 2 months

• An individual with a short-term mental or physical illness, limitation, or disability that severely limits the ability to participate for up to 90 days

• An individual claiming a mental or physical illness, limitation, or disability that severely limits the ability to participate for more than 90 days for the period in which the disability is being established

• An individual with a physical or mental disability that meets SSI disability criteria, or meets SSI disability criteria except for duration

• A doctor verifies all of the following:

• a child with disabilities requires a parent caretaker due to the extent of the disability

• the parent is needed in the home to provide care • the parent of the child cannot engage in employment activities due the extent of care required

• A doctor verifies all of the following:

• a spouse with disabilities requires a spouse caretaker due to the extent of the disability

• the spouse caretaker is needed in the home to provide care

• the spouse caretaker cannot engage in employment activities due the extent of care required

• A medically verified problem pregnancy

• A victim of domestic violence

• Great Start to Quality Resource verifies that a single parent who personally provides care of a child under the age of six is not able to find adequate childcare. Adequate child care meets all the following: • Appropriate. The care is appropriate to the child’s age, disabilities and other conditions.