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04/14/2009

Children who meet Medicaid eligibility criteria and are U.S. Citizens should receive Medicaid while they gather citizenship documentation (e.g. birth certificates) or picture I.D., under new federal law

04/16/2009

Department of Human Services (DHS) and Department of Community Health (DCH) Hearing Decisions (with personal information redacted) are now available online and are searchable

04/01/2009

$25 per week in Unemployment Insurance benefits must be disregarded in determining Medicaid eligibility and deductible (spenddown) amounts

04/10/2009

Parents who are deferred from JET to care for a disabled family member will have to provide verification of need to be home to care for a disabled family member even if that family member has RSDI or SSI, and those caretakers who chose to volunteer for JET will be subject to sanctions if they fail to attend JET.

04/10/2009

The Department of Human Services has issued several changes to their Refugee Assistance Program policies

04/10/2009

Department of Human Services (DHS) has added policy regarding the treatment of interest and dividend income for the above programs

04/10/2009

The Department of Human Services (DHS) will now accept faxed hearing requests

03/25/2009

SSA has issued a series of eight Social Security Rulings (SSRs) that provide policy interpretations and consolidate policy information regarding the determination of SSI childhood disability.

03/02/2009

Enrollment in the AMP/ABW/Plan A will be open March 1, 2009 through May 31, 2009

01/01/2009

Federal poverty levels have been increased, but Michigan’s Medicaid income limits based on the poverty level have not increased yet and Social Security recipients may lose Medicaid, MIChild, and Medicare Savings Program eligibility because of Social Security cost of living adjustments (COLA)

10/07/2008

Beginning October 1st, food assistance standards and deductions have changed, as have food assistance income limits and allotment amounts.

10/15/2008

DHS has revised its policy on exemptions from Jobs Education Training (JET) requirements for parents or caretakers who are caring for a spouse or child with disabilities

10/15/2008

DHS has revised its policy on exemptions from Jobs Education Training (JET) requirements for persons with disabilities. Revised policy exempts three new groups of persons with disabilities and requires caseworkers to review the medical packet and MRT decision to identify reasonable accommodations .

10/12/2008

Parents and kinship caregivers may be disqualified from receiving FIP for one month if they fail to report that a child in their care has been or is expected to be absent for 30 days or more, within 5 days after it becomes clear that the absence will exceed 29 days

10/15/2009

DHS policy on work- or self-sufficiency-related penalties against Food Assistance Program benefits is clarified but still appears to violate federal law in some circumstances