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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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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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.
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.
Double Up Bucks at Farmers Markets Statewide
Just a reminder to tell your senior clients about Double Up Food Bucks. When a person eligible for food assistance uses his or her Bridge Card to purchase food at a Farmers’ Market, the amount of money he or she spends is matched with Double Up Food Bucks bonus tokens that can be used to get Michigan-grown fruits and vegetables! Click here to read more about how it works!
Click here for a statewide list
Click here for participating sites in Metro Detroit! Includes a map!
Please call the MiCAFE Call Center Monday – Thursday 9:00 am – 3:00 pm at 1-877-664-2233.
MiCafe contacts
Per Kaye, at MiCafe, we can contact DHS workers by their E Mail addresses which we might find at: www.state.mi.us/dit/directory.
MI Bridges Benefit Applications Client Handout
Here’s a document to members with the MI Bridges Application. This form allows them to write down and organize their user id, password, secret question/answers and tracking number. Karen and I received this info. in a MI Bridges training session so I wasn’t sure if you all had it or not. I used it this morning and it helped immensely 🙂
MiCafe checklist/appointment reminder
The oh-so-handy MiCafe checklist is here! Be sure to customize it with your office phone number.
How much will it cost to send a MiCafe packet?
Have a big package (e.g., a MiCafe application) and wonder how much it will cost to send? Read on…
Cost of postage for the # pages including the manila envelopes are:
Weight and Cost
23-27 pages = $1.70
(1). 23 – 4.4oz
(2). 24 – 4.5oz
(3). 25 – 4.7oz
(3). 26 – 4.8oz
(4). 27 – 5.0oz
28-33 pages = $1.90
(1). 28 – 5.2oz
(2). 29 – 5.3oz
(3). 30 – 5.5oz
(4). 31 – 5.7oz
(5). 32 – 5.8oz
(6). 33 – 6.0oz
34-39 pages = $2.10
(1). 34 – 6.1oz
(2). 35 – 6.3oz
(3). 36 – 6.5oz
(4). 37 – 6.6oz
(5). 38 – 6.8oz
(6). 39 – 7.0oz
40-45 pages = $2.30
(1). 40 – 7.1oz
(2). 41 – 7.3oz
(3). 42 – 7.4oz
(4). 43 – 7.6oz
(5). 44 – 7.8oz
(6). 45 – 7.9 0z
46-51 pages = $2.50
(1). 46 – 8.1oz
(2). 47 – 8.3oz
(3). 48 – 8.4oz
(4). 49 – 8.6oz
(5). 50 – 8.7oz
(6). 51 – 8.9oz
52-58 pages = $2.70
(1). 52 – 9.1oz
(2). 53 – 9.2oz
(3). 54 – 9.4 oz
(4). 55 – 9.5 oz
(5). 56 – 9.7oz
(6). 57 – 9.8oz
(7). 58 – 10.0 oz
59-60 pages = $2.90
(1). 59 – 10.2oz
(2). 60 – 10.3oz
Replacing Bridge Cards
In case a member ever asks for help to replace a worn, cracked Bridge card, it is best to advise them to spend the card down to the last penny, before you help them. It turns out that while a member is waiting for the new card to arrive in the mail, the card is deactivated, as if it was reported stolen. Any amount that was on the card will be carried over to the new card.