The Webinar presented today by Lindsay Felsing provides some good information on how to maximize Medical Deductions for applications to DHS for Food and Medical Assistance as well as how the Recertification process will work through the MiCAFE Partner Channel. Also included in the presentation are program updates.
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Two Bridge card reductions, Utility assistance changes
Judy and I gave a presentation at DHS to let Adult Services know more about service coordination.
We learned that a recent small cut to Bridge card amounts was due to a change in a credit that determines Bridge card amounts. The credit is from a heat and utility standard.
Another Bridge card reduction will take place on November 1st. A stimulus is due to end, then. DHS could not say how much, but it will be a more significant cut.
Some good news: DHS will accept proof of a past due notice, now. Some not great news: Also, DHS will not make electric and heat utility payments under State Emergency Relief (SER) during a non-crisis period from June 1 through October 31. Bet they will be swamped at DHS on November 1st! They still need us to have members apply for SER, and get a Denial Notice, for members to take to other resources & to see if they are eligible for any other assistance. DHS is still able to get a two week hold on utility shut off dates.
We have Consumers Energy here. We can apply for authorization to get holds using an assigned ID. If you have Consumers, just email a request to whitney.skeans@cmsenergy.com – this comes from Alan Long at Consumers Energy.
I was concerned about members with health related needs for electricity, including air conditioning! However, DHS Adult Services may have funds for members past due bills.
Fair Food Network Hosts Detroit Telephone Town Hall on Healthy Food Access – Aug. 8
| With the expansion of the Double Up Food Bucks (DUFB) program into grocery stores, Fair Food Network is hosting its second telephone town hall for Detroit residents to discuss affordable, healthy food options using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Last December, more than 7,500 Detroiters participated in the first telephone town hall.
Join the conversation: Panelists:
How it works: Detroiters with landline telephones within 1.5 miles of the three participating DUFB grocery stores – Honey Bee Market, Metro Foodland, and Mike’s Fresh Market at Gratiot – will receive an automated invitation call. Callers from Detroit will be invited to participate in poll surveys using their touchtone phones and submit questions to the panelists. How YOU can participate: Call in at 7:00 p.m. ET to this number: (855) 756-7520 We will also be tweeting throughout the call. Be part of the conversation@FairFoodNetwork.
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Vote for Meals on Wheels
Also, you can go to this link to vote for Meals on Wheels to receive extra funding! Spread the word and share it with your contacts!
Tuesdays at Eastern Market
Eastern Market is proud to announce the launch of the
third season of Detroit Eastern Market Tuesdays. The market will begin this Tuesday, July 9 running from 9am – 3pm.
The weekday market provides an additional opportunity to access fresh and healthy food in the City of Detroit. With a diverse selection of vendors the weekday market offers a great “taste” of the Saturday market experience that Detroiters have enjoyed for over 120 years in a relaxed and accessible atmosphere.
Continuing with the tradition of the past two years the Tuesday Market is jam packed with events. We use Shed 3 as our “classroom” for events for the young and young at heart. Come join us for the following
FREE activities:
- Early Bird Yoga with Stephanie – 8 am
- Come stretch and welcome the morning before the market starts! Bring your own mat.
- Kidney Foundation of MI PE-Nut – 9 am-3 pm
- Nutrition and physical education for the younger crowd. Bring your little ones to this drop in demo for dancing, snacking, and games!
- Sierra Club – 11 am-2 pm
- Join the Great Lakes Sierra Club as they distribute information about rain barrel construction. Plus enter your name to win a ready made rain barrel to help conserve water at home!
- Lunchtime Yoga with Joy – 12 pm
- Take some time in your day to breathe (then grab a snack)! Bring your own mat.
- Zumba with Pat – 1 pm
- Get ready to sweat with this upbeat work out.
- All-ability Aerobics with CoventryCares – 2 pm
- A great low-impact workout for sneakers of all ages.
- MSU Extension – All Day
- Have questions about nutrition and veggie preservation? Need help from a master gardener? Stop by Shed 2 and chat with our friends from MSU.
Double Up Food Bucks Is Back!!!
The 2013 Double Up Food Bucks season starts today! Double Up Food Bucks matches the value (up to $20) spent on fruits and vegetables using a Bridge Card at participating farmers’ markets throughout Michigan.
Fair Food Network announced recently a pioneering initiative that will double the value of SNAP benefits when used for fresh produce in participating Detroit groceries. The project builds on Fair Food Network’s successful Double Up Food Bucks program, which doubles the value of SNAP benefits at farmers’ markets throughout Michigan. The grocery project will operate in three independent stores-Honey Bee Market, Metro Foodland and Mike’s Fresh Market – between July 1 and Oct. 31, 2013. This pilot phase is expected to increase access to healthy food for 5,000 low-income Detroiters.
WSU Farmer’s Market
Welcome to the June 2013 issue of Wayne SEEDLING! It is being released earlier than usual in anticipation of our Wayne State Farmers Market’s Grand Opening June 5, 11 am, at 5201 Cass Avenue. The newsletter is attached here as a PDF, and will soon be available on SEED Wayne’s website (we’re experiencing server problems).
This issue of SEEDLING includes the following:
1. The Wayne State Farmers Market, which welcomes our 6th season on June 5 (page 1). Please come by and say hello to our vendors and program staff and volunteers!
2. St. Andrew’s Garden, in which 32 students, staff, and guests work 19 plots (page 1).
3. Summary of research on sustainable food system (SFS) activities at 22 urban public universities that shows how unique SEED Wayne is among peer universities’ SFS initiatives (page 3)
4. SEED Wayne thanks its friends for their generous gifts over the last five years (page 4)
5. Plus, the usual, SEED Wayne partners on page 2, and a Calendar of Events on page 3.In addition, we’re also launching the first of our ‘Healthy Eats @ Wayne State Farmers Market’ Newsletter, which accompanies our nutrition workshops and other educational activities at the WSU Farmers Market. Published every other week until mid-September, hard copies of the newsletters will be available at the WSU Farmers Market and at midtown senior centers, Woodbridge Manor, Brush Park Manor, Warren Plaza, and Hannan House. An electronic copy is attached for your reading pleasure–it includes interesting information on two market favorites and also a great market recipe! Join us for a nutrition workshop with tasting samples available, during the lunch hour at the market.
Apologies in advance for duplicates or cross-postings. Please contact me at k.pothukuchi@wayne.edu with any comments or questions.
All of us at SEED Wayne are grateful for your continuing support, participation, and friendship! See you at The Market June 5!
Best regards,
Kami Pothukuchi, Ph. D.
Associate Professor, Dept. of Urban Studies & Planning
clas.wayne.edu/DUSP/
Director, SEED Wayne; Detroit FRESH
www.clas.wayne.edu/seedwayne
www.clas.wayne.edu/detroitfresh
3207 Faculty Administration Building
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI 48202
Desk: 313-577-4296
Fax: 313-577-0022
Urban Farming Mother’s Day Free Plant Giveaway
IN 2013…URBAN FARMING™
IS BRINGING THE GARDEN TO YOU!
We will no longer plant the Urban Farming Community Garden™ on Linwood and Gladstone because we want to bring the garden to you!
On Saturday, May 11, 2013 Urban Farming™ presents our Annual Urban Farming Mother’s Day Free Plant Giveaway™!
When: From 12:00 noon until 3:30 PM or while plants last, we will give away thousands of free plants to anyone who wants to start their own garden.
Where: The Corner of Linwood and Gladstone in Detroit!
This amazing Urban Farming Free Plant Giveaway™ will help hundreds of people start their own garden. No longer will you have to walk any distance to gather your fresh cabbage, collards, peppers, tomatoes and other delicious food! You will transform your yard into your own personal garden of fresh food for your family! You may also learn how to freeze and can your food to feed your family all year long with our special gardening book, “Digging It.” We will give away free copies to the first 30 people who arrive to the Urban Farming Free Plant Giveaway™.
Don’t miss the Urban Farming Mother’s Day Free Plant Giveaway™
Brought to you by Urban Farming™, Farm Credit, and Telly’s Greenhouse!
No Senior Market FRESH
As of now, because of the sequestering of funds, there is no funding for Senior Market FRESH for this year. Sorry.
Robin
Robin Danto, R.D.,
M.S.
Extension Educator Food Safety and Nutrition
Michigan State
University Extension
Oakland County
Building 26 East
1200 N. Telegraph
Road
Pontiac, Michigan 48341
248-858-0904
dantor@oakgov.com
via Lindsay
MiCAFE Recertification Memo
Dear Valued MiCAFE Application Assistants and Partners,
The MiCAFE Home Page on the Partner Channel has many resources to aid you in your work. You can reach the MiCAFE Home Page from the link at the bottom of the Partner Channel home page: 
Once you are at the MiCAFE Home Page (as seen below) the links at the bottom of the page will open cover-page documents including: – MiCAFE Authorization and Consent to Release Information Form – MiCAFE DHS-1010 Memo for Recertification – Memo to District Managers for clients with open cases
You may also download the MiCAFE Memo for Recertifications here.