Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules  
Administrative Rules Division (ARD)  
MOAHR-Rules@michigan.gov  
AGENCY REPORT TO THE  
JOINT COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES (JCAR)  
AGENCY INFORMATION:  
Agency name:  
Health and Human Services  
Division/Bureau/Office:  
Economic Stability Administration  
Name of person completing this form:  
Talisa Gauthier  
Phone number of person completing this form:  
517-284-4853  
Email of person completing this form:  
GauthierT1@michigan.gov  
Name of Department Regulatory Affairs Officer reviewing this form:  
Mary Brennan  
RULE SET INFORMATION:  
MOAHR assigned rule set number:  
2023-41 HS  
Title of the proposed rule set:  
Food Assistance Program  
1. Purpose of the proposed rules and background:  
The rules provide the eligibility and expectations by the Department for the food stamp recipient in order to continue to  
receive food stamp assistance. The child support cooperation standard will be rescinded in the food assistance  
program (FAP) rules as it has been found to create barriers and suspension of the food assistance program to the  
detriment of the family.  
2. Summary of the proposed rules:  
The rules provide the eligibility and expectations by the Department for the food stamp recipient in order to continue to  
receive food stamp assistance. The child support cooperation standard will be rescinded in the food assistance  
program (FAP) rules as it has been found to create barriers and suspension of the food assistance program to the  
detriment of the family. Families will continue to be eligible for child support services at any time they choose to  
participate.  
3. List names of newspapers in which the notice of public hearing was published and publication  
dates:  
Oakland Press, May 10, 2024; Marquette Mining Journal, May 10, 2024; Battle Creek Enquirer, May 9, 2024.  
4. Date of publication of the proposed rules and notice of public hearing in the Michigan Register:  
6/1/2024  
5. Date, time, and location of the public hearing:  
6/12/2024 09:00 AM at Grand Tower Building - Dempsey Room 1st Floor , 235 S. Grand Avenue, Lansing, Michigan  
48933  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
Agency Report to JCAR -Page 2  
6. Provide the link the agency used to post the regulatory impact statement and cost-benefit analysis  
on its website:  
https://ARS.apps.lara.state.mi.us/Transaction/RFRTransaction?TransactionID=1468  
7. List of the name and title of agency representative(s) who attended the public hearing:  
Nicole Denson-Sogbaka, TANF, SNAP and LIHEAP/ES Policy Director; Michael C Adrian, Office of Child Support  
Director of Program Development  
8. Persons submitting comments of support:  
None  
9. Persons submitting comments of opposition:  
None  
10. Persons submitting other comments:  
None  
11. Identify any changes made to the proposed rules based on comments received during the public  
comment period:  
None.  
12. Date report completed:  
5/7/2026  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
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