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Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › State Disability Assistance Program › Section R. 400.3170 - Supplemental benefits policy for cash assistance

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 20.
(1)
				Supplemental benefits, also referred to as a supplement, are issued to correct
				an underissuance.
(2) A supplement
				is offset by overissuances for which collection actions have not yet begun. The
				department shall subtract the amount of the overissuance from the amount of the
				supplement, up to the amount of the supplement.
(3) The department shall issue a supplement
				promptly when verification of the need for a supplement is received by the
				department or when the department has knowledge of the need for a
				supplement.
(4) A supplement is
				issued back to the month following the month that verification, if required,
				shows the need began, but not earlier than the month following the month that
				the group reported the change which resulted in the need for a
				supplement.
(5) The department
				shall not issue a supplement for a period before the effective date for program
				eligibility.
(6) The department
				shall give a group adequate notice that a supplement has been authorized or
				denied.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › State Disability Assistance Program › Section R. 400.3172 - Pursuit of potential benefits as condition of eligibility

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 22.
(1) As a
				condition of eligibility, a client shall apply for potential benefits for which
				the group or a member of the group may be eligible.
(2) A client shall take action to make the
				entire potential benefit amount available to the group.
(3) A group that would otherwise be eligible
				for the family independence program (FIP) except for the group's failure to
				meet or comply with a FIP eligibility requirement is not eligible for the state
				disability assistance program.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › State Disability Assistance Program › Section R. 400.3173 - Penalties for failure to pursue potential benefits; verification requirements

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 23.
(1) If a
				group refuses to pursue a potential benefit, then the group is ineligible for
				state disability assistance.
(2) If
				a client or other group members act to restrict the amount of a potential
				benefit that is available to the group, then the group is ineligible for state
				disability assistance.
(3) The
				department shall accept a client's statement that he or she has applied for a
				benefit or that he or she is not eligible for a benefit, unless the statement
				is unclear, inconsistent, or in conflict with other information.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › State Disability Assistance Program › Section R. 400.3174 - Concurrent receipt of benefits prohibited

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 24.
(1) A
				client may not receive state disability assistance benefits and refugee
				matching grant payments for the same period.
(2) A client may not receive state disability
				assistance benefits for the same period in which he or she received benefits
				from any of the following:
(a) The family
				independence program.
(b) Another
				state's cash assistance program that is either state-funded or funded under
				title IV-A of the social security act of 1962,
				42
				U.S.C. §601 et seq.
(c) The refugee assistance program.
(d) The repatriate assistance
				program.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › State Disability Assistance Program › Section R. 400.3175 - Residence

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 25.
(1) For
				purposes of the state disability assistance program, a resident of this state
				is a person who is living in this state voluntarily with the intention of
				making his or her home in this state and not for a temporary purpose and who is
				not receiving assistance from another state.
(2) The continued absence of a recipient from
				this state, unless the absence is temporary or an intent to return is
				established, shall constitute abandonment by the recipient of residence in this
				state.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › State Disability Assistance Program › Section R. 400.3176 - Repayment agreements

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 26.
(1) As a
				condition of eligibility, a client is required to sign an agreement to repay
				state disability assistance benefits issued during the period in which the
				client is pursuing a financial benefit for which he or she may be
				eligible.
(2) If a client refuses
				to sign a repay agreement when required, then the group is ineligible for
				benefits.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › State Disability Assistance Program › Section R. 400.3177 - Benefit overissuance determination and recoupment

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 27.
(1) A
				benefit overissuance period starts with the first pay period that the benefit
				issuance exceeds the benefit amount allowed. The overissuance period ends with
				the pay period immediately before the pay period when the benefit amount is
				corrected.
(2) A benefit amount
				that a group receives includes all of the following:
(a) Regular, supplemental, and duplicate
				warrants.
(b) Vendor
				payments.
(c) The amount of any
				benefit reduction used to repay previous overissuances.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › State Disability Assistance Program › Section R. 400.3178 - Intentional program violation; disqualification; recoupment

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 28.
(1) If, in
				the course of an overissuance investigation, the department determines that an
				intentional program violation occurred, then the person accused of the
				violation shall be notified of all of the following:
(a) The allegation.
(b) A potential penalty.
(c) The right to meet with department
				representatives to discuss the allegation.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › State Disability Assistance Program › Section R. 400.3179 - Benefit overissuance; collection and repayment actions

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 29.
(1) The
				department shall employ administrative recoupment processes to recoup all
				benefit overissuances from active or inactive state disability assistance
				groups by cash repayment or benefit reduction.
(2) The department shall seek recoupment of
				benefit overissuances from any adult who was a group member when the
				overissuance occurred.
(3) The
				department shall recoup overissuances on active state disability assistance
				cases through benefit reduction, unless cash payments are ordered by a
				court.
(4) If an overissuance is
				not paid in full during the timely notice period, then the department shall
				reduce state disability assistance warrants by a percentage of the payment
				standard as follows:
(a) The department and
				client error overissuances are recouped at a 5% reduction of the payment
				standard.
(b) Intentional program
				violation overissuances are recouped at a 10% reduction of the payment
				standard.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › State Disability Assistance Program › Section R. 400.3180 - Recision

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 30. R400.1121 of the Michigan Administrative Code,
				  appearing on pages 850 and 851 of the 1993 Annual Supplement to the 1979
				  Michigan Administrative Code, is rescinded.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › State Emergency Relief Program › Section R. 400.7001 - Definitions; A

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 1. As used in these rules:
(a) "Adult" means either of the following:
(i) A person who is 21 years of age or
				older.
(ii) A person who is less
				than 21 years of age and who is not a dependent child.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › State Emergency Relief Program › Section R. 400.7002 - Definitions; C, D

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 2. As used in these rules:
(a) "Cash assets" means any of the following:
(i) Currency and coins.
(ii) Amounts on deposit in banks, savings and
				loan associations, credit unions, and other financial institutions.
(iii) Uncashed checks, drafts, and
				warrants.
(iv) Traveler's
				checks.
(v) Stocks, bonds, and
				other investments, including negotiable instruments.
(vi) Individual retirement
				accounts.
(vii) Keogh
				plans.
(viii) Revocable prearranged
				funeral contracts.
(ix)
				Nonrecurring lump-sum payments that do not represent an accumulation of monthly
				benefits.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › State Emergency Relief Program › Section R. 400.7003 - Definitions; E, F

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 3. As used in these rules:
(a) "Earned income" means cash that is
				received by a person for activities he or she engages in as a self-employed
				person or as an employee, from renting property, or from providing room and
				board.
(b) "Electricity fiscal year
				cap" means the maximum amount that may be approved for electricity during a
				fiscal year.
(c) "Electricity
				required payment amount" means the amount that a SER group must have paid
				toward its household electric obligation during each month of the 6-month
				period before the month in which the SER group applies for energy assistance as
				a condition of eligibility for emergency relief for energy.
(d) "Emergency" means a situation in which
				immediate action is necessary to prevent serious harm or hardship.
(e) "Emergency relief" means relief that is
				paid under the SER program.
(f)
				"Equity" means the current market value of an asset minus any liens and
				indebtedness on the asset and minus the reasonable expenses that are necessary
				to liquidate the asset.
(g)
				"Federally funded home repairs allowance" means the maximum cumulative amount
				that may be approved during the lifetime of the client for energy-related home
				repairs that are wholly funded with federal funds.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › State Emergency Relief Program › Section R. 400.7004 - Definitions; H

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 4. As used in these rules:
(a) "Heating fuel fiscal year cap" means the
				maximum amount that may be approved for heating fuel during a fiscal
				year.
(b) "Heating fuel required
				payment amount" means the amount that a SER group must have paid toward its
				heating fuel obligation during each month of the 6-month period before the
				month in which the SER group applies for energy assistance as a condition of
				eligibility for emergency relief for energy.
(c) "Homeless" means that there is no housing
				to which the relief SER group can return
.
The term applies to all
				of the following groups:
(i) Groups in
				emergency shelters.
(ii) Groups
				sleeping in cars or on the streets.
(iii) Groups living temporarily with others
				due to a fire or natural disaster that occurred within 60 days before
				application.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › State Emergency Relief Program › Section R. 400.7005 - Definitions; I to P

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 5. As used in these rules:
(a) "Income" means all earned or unearned
				monies that are received by a client.
(b) "Infant burial allowance" means the
				maximum amount that may be approved for the burial, cremation, or other
				disposition of a child who is less than 1 month of age, a fetus, or a
				limb.
(c) "Market value," with
				respect to an asset, means the price that the owner would receive if he or she
				disposed of the asset on short notice, possibly without the opportunity to
				realize the full potential on his or her investment in the asset.
(d) "Noncash assets" means assets that are
				not cash assets.
(e) "Potential
				resource" means an asset or income that may be available to a client if action
				is taken to make the asset or income available.
(f) "Protected cash asset limit" means the
				maximum total combined cash assets that the members of a relief group which is
				eligible with respect to cash assets may own.
(g) "Protected noncash asset limit" means the
				maximum total combined noncash assets that the members of a relief group which
				is eligible with respect to noncash assets may own.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › State Emergency Relief Program › Section R. 400.7006 - Definitions; R

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 6. As used in these rules:
(a) "Relocation fiscal year cap" means the
				maximum amount that may be approved for relocation during a fiscal
				year.
(b) "Required payment amount"
				means a payment by the client of his or her obligation for any of the following
				in an amount specified in these rules:
(i)
				Rent.
(ii) The purchase of a
				home.
(iii) Mandatory house
				insurance premiums required under the terms of a mortgage or land
				contract.
(iv) Heating
				fuel.
(v) Electricity.
(vi) Water or cooking fuel, or
				both.
(vii) Utility
				deposit.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › State Emergency Relief Program › Section R. 400.7007 - Definitions; S to W

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 7. As used in these rules:
(a) "State-funded home repairs allowance"
				means the maximum cumulative amount that may be approved during the lifetime of
				the client for home repairs that are wholly or partially funded with state
				funds.
(b) "SER group" means all
				persons who live together in the same dwelling unit except for the following
				entities:
(i) Renters who live in the same
				dwelling unit and who pay a fair market rent to the SER group.
(ii) Landlords who live in the same dwelling
				unit if the SER group pays the landlord fair market rent to live in the
				home.
(iii) Any person who claims
				and verifies that he or she will not be adversely affected by the emergency
				situation for which the SER group is requesting SER and will not benefit if the
				SER group's application is approved.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › State Emergency Relief Program › Section R. 400.7008 - Application; completing required forms and providing relevant documentation to department; eligibility determination based on conditions and resources existing during emergency period; request for emergency relief after authorization period

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 8.
(1) Any
				person may apply for the SER program for himself or herself and the SER group
				of which he or she is a member or as an authorized representative of another
				person or persons. The right to apply shall not be limited or denied due to any
				of the following:
(a) Age.
(b) Race.
(c) Nationality.
(d) Ethnic background.
(e) Sex.
(f) Political opinions.
(g) Religious beliefs.
(h) Physical or mental handicaps.
(i) Marital status.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › State Emergency Relief Program › Section R. 400.7009 - Verification of information

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 9.
(1) All of
				the following items shall be verified:
(a) The
				existence of an emergency.
(b) The
				sources and amounts of income and the dates received.
(c) The identity of the client.
(d) The cost of resolving the
				emergency.
(e) The ownership and
				market value of assets.
(f) Payment
				by the SER group of a required payment amount that is established by these
				rules as a condition of eligibility for relief.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › State Emergency Relief Program › Section R. 400.7010 - General requirements for relief

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 10. Relief shall not be granted until all of the
				  following requirements are satisfied:
(a) An application has been
				completed.
(b) A face-to-face
				interview has been conducted by an employee of the department with an adult
				member of the SER group, if required by the department.
(c) The application is signed. The department
				may require the application to be signed in the presence of a department worker
				and be witnessed by the worker.
(d)
				Information and verification that are required by the department have been
				obtained.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › State Emergency Relief Program › Section R. 400.7012 - Divestment of resources by client

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 12. A client who sells or otherwise disposes of an asset
				  or other resource within 90 days before applying for the SER program without
				  receiving the market value of the asset or resource shall be ineligible for the
				  SER program if the reason for the sale or disposition is to become eligible
				  for, or remain eligible for, the SER program, to increase the amount of
				  emergency relief, or to avoid repayment of emergency relief that has been
				  granted.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › State Emergency Relief Program › Section R. 400.7013 - Relief; issuance; form; standard rates; approval by department

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 13.
(1) The
				department may issue emergency relief for which a client has been determined
				eligible in the form of vendor payments to the provider.
(2) Prior authorization from the department
				for relief is required, except when the emergency need occurs before or after
				regular office hours of the department, in which case payment may be made if
				the client files an application within 5 business days of the emergency. Prior
				authorization is required for burial unless the department is closed for the
				entire period between death and burial or cremation, in which case payment may
				be made if an application is filed on the first business day following the
				occurrence.
(3) Payment may be made
				only for the services that are approved during the authorization
				period.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › State Emergency Relief Program › Section R. 400.7014 - Eligibility; exempt income; available earned and unearned income

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 14.
(1) Income
				that is exempt from consideration in determining eligibility for the SER
				program shall be income from the following sources:
(a) Income in kind.
(b) Food assistance program.
(c) Michigan homestead property tax
				credit.
(d) Money given to the SER
				group by a person or organization as reimbursement for past, current, or future
				training-related expenses, medical care expenses, or expenses incurred as a
				volunteer.
(e) Reimbursement of
				medicare premiums.
(f) Michigan
				department of mental community health family support subsidy
				payments.
(g) Compensation that is
				awarded for a particular use.
(h)
				Child care payments and allowances that are made by the department.
(i) Disaster relief assistance.
(j) Benefits that are received from any of
				the following programs:
(i) Women, infants,
				and children program.
(ii) Title
				VII nutrition program for the elderly.
(iii) Energy assistance that is received from
				any of Michigan's low income energy assistance grant programs.
(iv) Child nutrition and school lunch
				programs and subsidies.
(k) Housing assistance that is paid under any
				state or federal law.
(l)
				Educational grants and scholarships.
(m) The earnings of a member of the SER group
				who is a dependent child when both of the following conditions are met:
(i) The accumulated earnings are held in a
				savings account of which the dependent child who earned the money is the sole
				tenant.
(ii) The accumulated
				earnings are not commingled with money obtained from any source except the
				earnings of the dependent child.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › State Emergency Relief Program › Section R. 400.7015 - Basic monthly income need standards; determining amount of relief

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 15.
(1) A SER
				group shall be eligible with respect to income if the total combined monthly
				net income that is received or expected to be received by all members of the
				SER group in the 30-day period after the date of application for emergency
				relief is not more than the monthly basic income need standard for the number
				of members in the SER group.
(2)
				Income that is more than the basic monthly income need standard for the number
				of members in the SER group shall be deducted from the cost of resolving the
				emergency to determine the amount of emergency relief to be issued by the
				department, except that the department may require that the client execute a
				reimbursement agreement in the amount of the client's share of the cost of
				meeting the emergency or reduce or waive the client's share of the cost of
				meeting the emergency when the department determines that the client's share is
				not immediately available to meet the cost of the emergency and the service is
				necessary to remove a threat to life or health.
(3) The
b
asic monthly income
				need standards shall be established by the department based on available actual
				appropriations. The standards shall be published in department policy and be
				made available to the public.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › State Emergency Relief Program › Section R. 400.7016 - Eligibility; assets

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 16.
(1) If the
				total combined cash assets that are not exempt from consideration of all
				members of the SER group are more than the protected cash asset limit, the
				amount in excess of the protected cash asset limit shall be deducted from the
				cost of resolving the emergency to determine the amount of emergency relief to
				be issued by the department.
(2) A
				SER group composed solely of recipients of any of the following shall have
				automatic eligibility on the basis of noncash assets:
(a) Family independence program.
(b) State disability assistance.
(c) Medical assistance.
(d) Food assistance program.
(e) Supplemental security income paid by the
				social security administration.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › State Emergency Relief Program › Section R. 400.7017 - Eligibility; reimbursement repayment of certain SER grants

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 17. As a condition of eligibility for the SER program,
				  the department may require an applicant to sign a repay agreement for any of
				  the following:
(a) The relief that is
				granted to the extent of any lump-sum payment or potential resources expected
				to be received, except for those benefits that are unattachable by
				law.
(b) The relief that is granted
				pending the reissuance of a lost or stolen assistance warrant.
(c) The relief that is issued pursuant under
				a waiver of any of the eligibility requirements established by these
				rules.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › State Emergency Relief Program › Section R. 400.7018 - Eligibility; evaluating need and resources of SER group members

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 18. The need and resources of each member of the SER
				  group shall be evaluated in determining eligibility for relief to meet
				  emergency relief needs. All assets and income of each member of the SER group
				  shall be counted in determining the eligibility of the group and the amount of
				  relief to be issued.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › State Emergency Relief Program › Section R. 400.7020 - Client actions contributing to emergency as basis for denial of relief; required payments

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 20.
(1)
				Failure, without good cause, on the part of any member of the SER group to meet
				required payments for any of the following shall be a basis for the denial of
				an application for the SER program if the department determines that the
				failure to meet required payments contributed to the emergency situation for
				which relief is requested:
(a) Rent.
(b)
P
urchase of a
				home.
(c) Mandatory house insurance
				premiums required under the terms of a mortgage or land contract.
(d) Heating fuel.
(e) Electricity.
(f) Water or cooking gas, or both.
(g) Utility deposits.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › State Emergency Relief Program › Section R. 400.7021 - Action to obtain other governmental program resources required

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 21. A SER group shall not be eligible for relief under
				  the SER program if a member of the SER group has been denied assistance under
				  any of the following programs for failure to comply, when able, with a
				  procedural requirement of those programs:
(a) The family independence program
				administered by the department.
(b)
				The state disability assistance program administered by the
				department.
(c) The supplemental
				security income program administered by the social security
				administration.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › State Emergency Relief Program › Section R. 400.7022 - Expanded services for individual SER groups

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 22. The director, or a person who is designated by the
				  director, may, within limits established by the department, make exceptions in
				  individual cases to these rules to accomplish any of the following
				  purposes:
(a) To expand services to
				meet a particular SER group's emergency.
(b) To increase the standard rates
				established by the department for the covered services needed to meet a
				particular SER group's emergency.
(c) To approve payment for a service that did
				not have the required prior approval when, in the judgment of the director or
				the director's designee, the service provided under the exception is necessary
				to remove a threat to life or health.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › State Emergency Relief Program › Section R. 400.7023 - Exemption from rules in individual cases

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 23. The director, or a person who is designated by the
				  director, may, within limits established by the department, grant an exemption
				  from these rules in an individual case if there is evidence that the rule
				  prevents the resolution of a threat to life or health or a condition of
				  hardship.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › State Emergency Relief Program › Section R. 400.7026 - Relocation services

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 26.
(1)
				Relocation services may be approved for any of the following reasons:
(a) To establish a dwelling unit for a
				homeless SER group.
(b) To
				reestablish a dwelling unit for a client who is living temporarily with other
				persons following a fire or natural disaster that occurred not more than 60
				days before the date the client files an application for emergency
				relief.
(c) A dwelling unit that
				meets acceptable standards of health and safety is needed to accomplish either
				of the following purposes:
(i) To prevent the
				removal of children from parental care.
(ii) To enable children to be returned to
				parental care.
(d) To
				prevent eviction of a SER group when a member of the group has received a
				summons to appear in court as a defendant in an eviction action or a judgment
				of eviction has been issued by the court.
(e) To relocate a SER group that has received
				a final notice to vacate condemned housing from a local public agency
				authorized to issue such an order.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › State Emergency Relief Program › Section R. 400.7027 - Home ownership services

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 27.
(1) The
				department may issue payment for home ownership services, which include any of
				the following services that are necessary to maintain a homestead:
(a) Mortgage, land contract payments, or
				mobile home sales contracts, including principal and interest, legal fees, and
				escrow accounts for taxes and insurance.
(b) Property taxes and fees.
(c) Home insurance premiums that are required
				under the terms of a mortgage or land contract.
(d) Mobile home lot rental.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › State Emergency Relief Program › Section R. 400.7029 - Payment for home repairs

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 29.
(1) Payment
				for home repairs may be made only if all the following conditions are met:
(a) The home is owned, being purchased, or
				held under a life estate by a member of the SER group and is the groups
				permanent, usual place of residence.
(b) The SER group is living in the home,
				unless the members are absent due to the condition of the home or the health of
				a member.
(c) The home is not for
				sale.
(d) The home is not in
				jeopardy of loss due to unpaid property taxes or foreclosure of a mortgage or
				land contract.
(e) The repairs are
				necessary to remove a direct threat to the health or safety of the SER group
				members.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › State Emergency Relief Program › Section R. 400.7030 - Payment for water or cooking gas services; payment for utility deposits

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 30.
(1) Payment
				may be made to prevent the shutoff of water service or cooking gas service, or
				both, or to restore the service, including reconnect or hookup fees and other
				charges necessary to provide service.
(2) Payment for water or cooking gas
				services, or both, shall not be made unless such payment will assure
				continuation of water or cooking gas services, or both, or restoration of such
				services, for a minimum of 30 calendar days
.
(3) A payment for water or cooking gas
				services, or both, shall not be approved if the payment would cause the water
				or cooking gas, or both, fiscal year cap to be exceeded.
(4) Payment of a utility deposit may be made
				to commence utility service or to prevent discontinuance of utility service.
				Payment for a utility deposit shall not be more than the lesser of the
				following:
(a) The amount charged by the
				utility company.
(b) The utility
				deposit cap.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › State Emergency Relief Program › Section R. 400.7031 - Payment for electricity

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 31.
(1) Payment
				may be made to prevent the shutoff of electricity or to restore the
				service.
(2) Payment for
				electricity shall not be made unless the payment will assure the continuation
				of electricity service, or the restoration of such service, for a minimum of 30
				calendar days.
(3) A payment for
				electricity shall not be approved if the payment would cause the electricity
				fiscal year cap to be exceeded.
(4)
				The electricity fiscal year cap shall be established by the department based on
				available actual appropriations. The cap shall be published in department
				policy and be made available to the public.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › State Emergency Relief Program › Section R. 400.7032 - Payment for heating fuel

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 32.
(1) Payment
				may be made to prevent the shutoff of heating fuel or to restore the
				service.
(2) Payment for heating
				fuel shall not be made unless the payment will assure the continuation of
				heating fuel service, or the restoration of such service, for a minimum of 30
				calendar days.
(3) A payment for
				heating fuel shall not be approved if the payment would cause the heating fuel
				fiscal year cap to be exceeded.
(4)
				The heating fuel fiscal year cap if natural gas or wood is the heat source
				shall be established by the department based on available actual
				appropriations. The cap shall be published in department policy and be made
				available to the public.
(5) The
				heating fuel fiscal year cap if fuel oil, liquefied propane gas, or coal is the
				heat source shall be established by the department based on available actual
				appropriations. The cap shall be published in department policy and be made
				available to the public.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › State Emergency Relief Program › Section R. 400.7033 - Payment for inpatient or outpatient hospitalization of migrant families

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 33.
(1)
				Inpatient hospitalization or outpatient services for migrant families may be
				provided for a period of up to 30 consecutive days in any 12-month period if
				all of the following provisions are satisfied:
(a) Members of the migrant family have not
				received migrant hospitalization services from the SER program in the 12-month
				period preceding the date of hospital admission.
(b) The person applying for inpatient
				hospitalization or outpatient services is ineligible for medicaid, and medicaid
				ineligibility did not result from any of the following:
(i) Excess income.
(ii) The applicants failure to meet a
				procedural requirement of medicaid.
(iii) The applicant's entrance into this
				state for reasons other than employment.
(c) No member of the household quit or
				refused employment or training without good cause within the 30 days prior to
				application.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › State Emergency Relief Program › Section R. 400.7034 - Payment for burial or cremation of deceased person

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 34.
(1) Payment
				may be made for burial or cremation of a deceased person when sufficient
				resources from the deceased person's estate and expected contributions from
				responsible relatives are not available.
(2) Payment may be made for any of the goods
				and services that are customarily provided for the burial or cremation of a
				deceased person, including all of the following:
(a) Goods and services that are provided by a
				funeral director.
(b) An outside
				receptacle that is required by the cemetery and that consists of a metal or
				concrete rough box.
(c) A single
				burial space.
(d) Opening and
				closing the grave.
(e) The use of
				cemetery equipment.
(f)
				Transportation.
(g)
				Clothing.
(h) Clergyman's
				honorarium.
(i)
				Cremation.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › State Emergency Relief Program › Section R. 400.7049 - Rescission

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 49. R 400.3501 to R 400.3540 of the Michigan
				  Administrative Code, appearing on pages 3132 to 3143 of the 1979 Michigan
				  Administrative Code, are rescinded.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › Community Action Programs › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R. 400.19101 - Definitions; A to C

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 101. As used in these rules:
(a) "Act" means 230 PA 1981, MCL 400.1101 to
				  400.1120.
(b) "Advisory board"
				  means the board of a public community action agency which is established by a
				  local unit or units of government and which is delegated certain policy and
				  administrative responsibilities to assure decision-making and participation by
				  low-income individuals
				  42 U.S.C §
											9910(b).
(c) "Appeals Committee" means committee
				  members selected by the governing/advisory board that review items in dispute
				  and seek clarification or resolution to the dispute, with approval from the
				  governing/advisory board.
(d)
				  "Bureau" means the bureau of community action and economic
				  opportunity.
(e) "Causes of
				  poverty" means those personal or institutional factors, or both, that combine
				  to limit the ability of individuals and families to acquire the basic
				  necessities of life, such as food, shelter, medical care, and household
				  energy.
(f) "Commission" means the
				  commission on community action and economic opportunity.
(g) "Community" means the geographical area
				  served by a grantee and may be any of the following:
(i) A village.
(ii) A township.
(iii) A city.
(iv) A county.
(v) A multicounty unit.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › Community Action Programs › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R. 400.19102 - Definitions; D to W

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 102. As used in these rules:
(a) "Department" means the Michigan
				  department of human services.
(b)
				  "Designate" means formal approval of a proposed CAA by the executive
				  director.
(c) "Director" means the
				  director of the department.
(d)
				  "Eligibility entity" means an entity:
(i) that
				  is an eligible entity described in section 673(1) as in effect on the day
				  before the date of enactment of the Coats Human Services Reauthorization Act of
				  1998 as of the day before such date of enactment or is designated by the
				  process described in section 676A, including an organization serving migrant or
				  seasonal farmworkers that is so described or designated; and
(ii) that has a tripartite board or other
				  mechanism described in subsection (a) or (b), as appropriate, of section
				  676B.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › Community Action Programs › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R. 400.19104 - Service delivery method

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 104. The primary structure or organization through
					 which financial resources shall flow in providing services and programs to
					 low-income persons under the provisions of the act and other applicable state
					 or federal regulations consists of the following:
(a) The bureau that is administered by the
				  executive director to perform those functions and responsibilities specified by
				  the provisions of section 5 of the act.
(b) A network of local grantees to plan and
				  allocate resources for services and programs to low-income persons. Grantees
				  shall be agencies established in accordance with the provisions of section 8 of
				  the act or other entities in accordance with applicable federal and state
				  criteria.
(c) Other agencies,
				  organizations, or consultants with the ability to provide self-help and other
				  support services directly or indirectly to low-income persons. Such services
				  shall be provided through contractual agreements.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › Community Action Programs › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R. 400.19105 - Grantee; written operating procedures

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 105.
(1) A
				  grantee that receives funding or delegated authority received under provisions
				  of the act shall have written procedures to govern the conduct of its
				  operations and functions. Grantee procedures shall describe the administrative
				  and policy structure of the entity and the methods used in dealing with
				  contractors or other agencies and shall incorporate those applicable policies
				  of the bureau.
(2) A grantee's
				  written procedures shall be adopted by official action of its
				  governing/advisory board.
(3) A
				  grantee, upon request, shall provide a copy of the procedures to each of its
				  contractors and to the bureau without cost.
(4) A grantee shall attach an electronic copy
				  of the procedures, within 30 days of the governing/advisory boards approval, to
				  the statewide database.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › Community Action Programs › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R. 400.19106 - Grantee reporting requirements

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 106. A grantee shall do all of the following:
(a) Submit, to the bureau, program and
				  financial reports, including supporting documentation when requested by the
				  bureau, to comply with state and federal requirements.
(b) Submit reports on time and in a manner
				  prescribed by the bureau.
(c) Be
				  responsible for obtaining and reporting necessary information from those
				  entities with whom contracts have been made.
(d) Submit to the bureau by uploading an
				  electronic copy to the statewide database, on a timely basis, changes in any of
				  the follow:
(i) Corporate status.
(ii) Bylaws.
(iii) Governing board composition.
(iv) Governing board officers.
(v) Key staff.
(vi) Fiscal and administrative
				  procedures.
(vii) The status of
				  litigation against the agency.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › Community Action Programs › Part 2 - BUREAU OF COMMUNITY ACTION AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY › Section R. 400.19201 - Bureau; powers and duties

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 201.
(1) The
				  bureau shall perform those functions and responsibilities as provided in
				  section 5 of the act and those conferred by the department.
(2) The bureau, through the executive
				  director, shall issue written policies or guidelines regarding its
				  administrative and management responsibilities pursuant to the following:
(a) The provisions of sections 24 to 26 of
				  306 PA 1969, MCL 24.224 to 24.226.
(b) Applicable federal program requirements
				  and regulations for those federal programs administered by the
				  bureau.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › Community Action Programs › Part 2 - BUREAU OF COMMUNITY ACTION AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY › Section R. 400.19202 - Low-income needs determination

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 202.
(1) The
				  bureau shall systematically determine the need for services to low-income
				  persons on an ongoing basis by focusing on statewide, institutional, and
				  community-based settings. Needs shall be based on demographic, social, and
				  economic indicators.
(2) The bureau
				  shall use data, findings, and conclusions resulting from the determination of
				  need for all of the following:
(a) Preparing
				  and developing the appropriate state plans.
(b) Establishing standards and criteria for
				  grantee plans.
(c) Establishing
				  priorities or limitations of grants or contracts.
(d) Preparing the annual report to the
				  governor, legislature, and the public under the provisions of section 5 of the
				  act.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › Community Action Programs › Part 2 - BUREAU OF COMMUNITY ACTION AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY › Section R. 400.19203 - Monitoring; performance assessments of community action agency activities

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 203.
(1) The
				  bureau shall conduct comprehensive on-site performance monitoring of each CAA
				  once every 3 years or sooner, in addition to other types of monitoring
				  including, but not limited to, desk monitoring and focused scope onsite
				  monitoring. The monitoring shall accomplish all of the following:
(a) Determine the extent to which the CAA
				  achieves desired results or benefits established by the legislature or other
				  authorizing body.
(b) Assess the
				  CAA's performance in attaining objectives that are made a part of the grant or
				  contract agreement.
(c) Determine
				  whether the CAA is acquiring, protecting, and using bureau-funded resources,
				  such as personnel or equipment, economically and efficiently.
(d) Determine the causes, if any, of
				  inefficiencies or uneconomical practices and provide remedial
				  assistance.
(e) Determine whether
				  the CAA has complied with laws or regulations applicable to its operation in an
				  efficient and economical manner.
(f) Access other items as required by the
				  bureau or state or federal government. Continued funding shall be contingent
				  upon satisfactory performance in all areas covered by the performance
				  assessment in accordance with applicable federal and state laws or
				  regulations.
(g) Assess the CAA's
				  financial capacity and compliance with cost and accounting standards as
				  required by the federal office of management and budget.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Family Independence Services Administration › Community Action Programs › Part 2 - BUREAU OF COMMUNITY ACTION AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY › Section R. 400.19204 - Training and technical assistance

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 204.
(1) The
				  bureau shall provide training and technical assistance, either directly or
				  through contracted arrangements, to grantees to improve program planning,
				  program development, administration, and the mobilization of public and private
				  resources.
(2) The bureau may
				  provide assistance to units of local government, nonprofit, private agencies,
				  or other public entities for the purpose of operating a CAA. Assistance may
				  also be provided when it is necessary to establish a new CAA to serve a
				  community.
(3) The bureau may
				  assist CAAs with training and technical assistance for corrective action
				  implementation, when necessary, to ensure compliance with grants and
				  contracts.
(4) The bureau may
				  assist CAAs to ensure responsiveness to local needs, including an ongoing
				  procedure for obtaining input from the national and state networks of eligible
				  entities.