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

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 The penalties for non-compliance

 Good cause reasons for non-compliance

 FIP time limits

Clients must complete and sign a form acknowledging their understanding of the Work and Self-Sufficiency Rules and both federal and state time limits.

Prior to the end of the first three months of assistance, both the MDHHS and the client complete the Family Self-Sufficiency Plan (FSSP). The purpose of the FSSP is to specify the responsibilities and actions for meeting the goal of self-sufficiency for the family. B. WORK REQUIREMENTS Michigan’s employment and training program is administered by local Michigan one-stop service centers under agreement with the Talent Investment Agency, State of Michigan. Prior to FIP approval, clients who are not deferred from work participation are automatically referred to their local one-stop service center for orientation/application eligibility period (AEP) and assigned to employment-related activities. Since orientation/AEP and engagement in work participation activities are a pre-condition of assistance for work eligible individuals, Michigan does not include verbiage to specify that engagement is required once a parent has received 24 months of assistance.

If any member of the applicant group who is required to participate in orientation, AEP, employment-related activities, and/or family self-sufficiency activities fails to participate without good cause, the family’s FIP application is denied.

1. Temporary Deferrals

Some clients may be deferred from the work participation program for a time, but will be required to participate in the work participation program if their circumstances change so that they are no longer deferred.

Deferred clients may be one of the following:

 Under age 16

 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