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The Michigan Poverty Law Program (MPLP) is a cooperative effort of Legal Services of South Central Michigan and the University of Michigan Law School. MPLP provides state support services to local legal aid programs and other poverty law advocates.

Please consult our companion site, MichiganLegalAid.org, where we provide legal information and resources for low income Michigan residents.

What's New

The Michigan Foreclosure Project has launched a new website at http://miforeclosure.mplp.org

News Items

Bulletin MSA 07-23 rescinded - (06/04/2007)

Michigan Re-entry Law Wiki Launched - (02/21/2007)

Latest Resources Added to Library

I-CAN! E-File - (12/03/2008)

MPLP Newsletter - Summer 2008 - (06/18/2007)

Legal Aid Job Openings In Michigan

Date	Issue Topic
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