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Oct 01, 2003

PEM 233B - FAP/Food penalties for quitting a job without good cause will only be applied if the job involved at least 30 hours per week of work. FAP/Food Stamp penalties for reducing hours of employment without good cause will only be applied if the hours before the reduction were more than 30 and the hours after the reduction are less than 30.
Sep 30, 2003

FAP/Food Stamp recipients who do not meet the requirements for the Non-Cash Recipient (NCR) program, including those in households without a child, may receive up to $50 per month for transportation reimbursement, tools, or clothing in connection with employment or training/education. The Family Independence Agency (FIA) may issue employment support service payments for transportation, clothing, tools, or other expenses for Non Cash Recipients (NCRs) who are not actively participating in a Michigan Works Agency (MWA)-approved activity. FIA also may provide ESS for FIP recipients and NCRs who are participating in MWA-approved activities, if the local MWA and FIA office agree that FIA should make the support service payment, under a local MWA-FIA agreement.
Sep 30, 2003

PEM 536 - New FIA policy has been issued in an effort to comply with a federal court order regarding the calculation of Group 2 Caretaker Relative Medicaid eligibility for non-parent caretaker relatives (kinship caregivers), such as grandparents who are raising their grandchildren. <br>The new policy is poorly written and does not properly explain how to determine Medicaid eligibility for adults who are parenting their own minor children as well as the minor children of a close relative.
Sep 30, 2003

PEM Item 554 - FAP/Food Stamp Households that share housing costs with another Food Stamp household or with persons who are disqualified from the household will no longer have to pro-rate the shelter expense when their FAP/Food Stamp allotment is calculated.
Sep 29, 2003

PEM 225 - Children under 18 who are legal immigrants can qualify for Food Assistance Program (FAP) effective October 1, 2003, if they meet other FAP eligibility requirements, regardless of how long they have been in the U.S.
Sep 29, 2003

FIA Emergency Services (ES) and State Emergency Relief (SER) payments for housing, utilities, or energy cannot be counted when determining whether an SER applicant has made "required payments" for the shelter, utility, or energy service for which the client is seeking SER.
Sep 29, 2003

FIA Policy is updated to provide that a child's legal guardian remains the protective payee for FIP payments for the child, even if the child is in the care of a parent.
Sep 29, 2003

Effective October 2003, Child Day Care assistance is capped at 100 hours in a two week period, regardless of actual number of hours needed, effective with the period beginning October 5, 2003.
Sep 23, 2003

New Adult Medical Program will mean new co-payments for prescriptions, office visits, and some emergency room visits for SMP and county health plan recipients, but provides some inpatient hospital coverage
Sep 19, 2003

Coverage for Dental, Chiropractic, Podiatric, and Hearing Aid Services Ends for Adults on October 1, 2003
Sep 18, 2003

The Michigan Court of Appeals in a split decision has allowed a biological father to establish paternity even though the mother was married to someone else at the time the child was conceived and born.
Aug 18, 2003

Food Stamp recipients in SE Michigan will automatically receive replacement benefits. Households that lost more than one half of their August Food Stamp allotment should ask for additional replacement benefits by August 24.
Jul 01, 2003

FIA's application for assistance (FIA-1171) and the one-page filing application (FIA-1171F) are now available online for printing at www.michigan.gov/fia
Jun 09, 2003

Income limits have changed for Healthy Kids, AD-Care, Medicare Savings Program, Qualified Disabled Working Individuals (QDWI), RAP-Medical, TMA-Plus
May 01, 2003

Additional energy-assistance funds available to local Family Independence Agency (FIA) offices.
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