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More than 300,000 Michigan residents to receive additional Home Heating Credit

Via Michigan.gov Newswire For additional information contact: Bob Wheaton, 517-241-2112 LANSING, Mich. – Approximately 309,000 Michigan taxpayers who received Home Heating Credits in 2016 will get an additional one-time credit […]

Protecting Your Social Security

By Vonda VanTil, Public Affairs Specialist at Social Security Administration At Social Security, protecting your personal information is more important than ever. We continue to evaluate and improve our robust […]

DHHS October 1, 2017 SNAP Updates: Explained

Many of the individuals that we assist through the MiCAFE Network have already begun receiving letters from DHHS informing them of the October 1, 2017 changes. Let’s review the changes, […]

Food Stamps Can Cut Seniors’ Health Costs, But Most Aren’t Using Them

Via Governing.com BY J.B. WOGAN | AUGUST 31, 2017 More than half (three out of five) of the seniors who qualify for food stamps don’t get them. They either don’t […]

Press Release – SNAP – Fiscal Year 2018 Adjustments

Valued MiCAFE Network Partners, Late July 2017, the Food and Nutrition Service issued the fiscal year 2018 Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLA) to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) maximum allotments, income […]

USDA SNAP Recipes

By Nicholas Goodman, MiCAFE Network Specialist There are many resources available to support SNAP recipients with accessing nutritious meals. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has a website called What’s Cooking? USDA Mixing Bowl in […]

Coordinated Questionnaire – Medical Expenses Help

Medical Expenses Why are medical expenses important? The 60+ and disabled population get a special set of rules for SNAP, one of them is that they can submit medical expenses […]

Coordinated Questionnaire – Shelter Expenses Help

Can I include expenses if they are in someone else’s name? Expenses may not be considered if they are not in the name of one of the SNAP applicants. If […]

Coordinated Questionnaire – Food Assistance Help

Food Assistance (Who buys and eats together) Why does this matter? For the SNAP benefit, DHHS requires a few people to apply together no matter what. A husband and wife […]

Coordinated Questionnaire – Household Information Help

Household Information Who do I include in the Household? For the DHHS SNAP application, they want to know everyone who lives at the same address as you, even if they […]

Coordinated Questionnaire – Personal Information Help

Personal Information (If you do not speak English, how can we help) ? This question is posed by DHHS. They want to know how their offices can help. (Have you […]

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National American Diabetes Association Alert Day

by Michelle Jackson, MiCAFE Network Coordinator National American Diabetes Association Alert Day is observed annually on the 4th Tuesday in March, this day is intended to be a 1-day wake-up […]

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Bridge Card “Lost Benefit” Information

by Lyndsy Gamet, MiCAFE Stakeholder and Network Partners Manager Michigan’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has determined that it owes some Bridge Card recipients additional benefits that date back to […]

Version 4.0 Released

Migrated to WordPress platform Integrated Coordinated Questionnaire New user account management platform implemented