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The Michigan Poverty Law Program (MPLP) is a cooperative effort of Legal Services of South Central Michigan and the University of Michigan Law School.  MPLP provides state support services to local legal aid programs and other poverty law advocates.

Please consult our companion site, MichiganLegalAid.org, where we provide legal information and resources for low income Michigan residents.

Announcements

MPLP Has Moved. Our new address is: 220 East Huron St., Suite 600A, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

> Visit the recently opened Michigan Poverty Law Community Brief Co-op! (password required)

> DHS has created a search-able database of hearing decisions.

Recent Issue Alerts


Date Issue Topic

08/25/2010

Parents or caretakers who are identified as not cooperating with child support enforcement activities for children in their care will be receiving a notice and a form they must fill out to prevent child support enforcement penalties, before DHS activates a new computer interface that is expected to impose penalties in a large number of cases

07/16/2010

DHS no longer requires caseworkers to extend the time for providing verification at least once when the applicant or recipient cannot provide the verification despite a reasonable effort

07/15/2010

Under policy effective July 1, 2010, the Department of Human Services will review eligibility under ALL Medicaid eligibility categories before terminating Medicaid

05/05/2010

Medicaid funded nursing home residents whose doctors certify they are likely to remain in the nursing home six months or less can apply for a “Special Director” or “Olmstead” Exception to permit them to divert income to pay necessary expenses to maintain their home rather than using their income for their patient pay obligation to the nursing home. Directions for caseworkers regarding how and when to adjust beneficiaries’ patient pay amounts after an exception has been granted are now included in BEM 100, p. 9, effective May 1, 2010.

04/28/2010

Effective December 19, 2009, the five year bar for food assistance (FAP), Family Independence Program (FIP), SSI and federal Medicaid (MA) eligibility no longer applies to Iraqi and Afghan citizens who entered the U.S. with Special Immigrant Visas rather than as refugees or asylees.
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