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Family Support Subsidy Program
The Family Support Subsidy (FSS) Program provides financial assistance to families that include a child with severe developmental disabilities. The intent is to help make it possible for children with developmental disabilities to remain with or return to their birth or adoptive families. The program provides a monthly payment of $222.11. Families are able to use this money for special expenses incurred while caring for their child.

View the Family Support Subsidy brochure.

Qualifications:
Child must be younger than 18 years of age and live in the family home in Michigan.
The family's most recently filed income tax form must show a taxable income of $60,000 or less.
The Multidisciplinary Evaluation Team of the local public or intermediate school district must recommend the child for an educational eligibility category of severe cognitive impairment, severe multiple impairment or autism spectrum disorder.  Children with autism spectrum disorder must be receiving special education services in a program for students with autism spectrum disorder or in a program for students with severe cognitive impairment or severe multiple impairments.

Applications are available at all county community mental health services programs (CMHSPs).

Helpful links:
Mental Health Code - FSS section
Administrative Rules - FSS section
Contract and Payment Express (to apply for electronic fund transfer of FSS checks)

Questions may be directed to any county CMH agency or Cheryl Thelen, Statewide Coordinator, Family Support Subsidy Program:
Call: (517) 241-5773
Email:
thelenc@michigan.gov

View local county Family Support Subsidy contacts:

ALLEGAN
SHERLENE BELDEN
269‑673-3384 X-2723

AU SABLE VALLEY
JOLENE GLOTFELTY
989‑739‑1469

BARRY
LAURA TAYLOR
269‑948-4200

BAY‑ARENAC  
ROGER FINTA
989‑895-2307

CENTRAL MICHIGAN
MICHELLE CARSON
989‑772‑5938 X-1219

Midland of Central Michigan
LINDA WILDFONG
989-631-2323 x-24

Gladwin of Central Michigan
DEBBIE GOOD
989-426-5471

Central-Eastern-Iosco (C‑E‑I)
CONNIE CORY/JEAN BOWEN
517‑346-9510 FAX 887-5330

COPPER COUNTRY
SUE NUTINI
906‑482‑9400

DETROIT‑WAYNE
DAYNA PHILLIPS
313-833-2493
FAX 313-833-4150

GENESEE
MARY BLANDFORD
810‑257‑3676
FAX 810-257-073

GOGEBIC
JANET DIGIORGIO
906‑229-6159

GRATIOT
MONICA ERICKSON
989‑466‑4173

HIAWATHA (EUP,Schoolcraft)
HEIDI ERICKSON
906‑635-3727

HURON
ELIZABETH LEITCH
989‑269‑1427

IONIA
SARAH MC DIARMID
616‑527-1790
 
KALAMAZOO
AMY PELTIER
269‑553‑8097
FAX 269-553-8104

LAPEER
KAREN HILL
810‑667‑0207

LENAWEE
MARY POORE
517‑263‑8905

LIFEWAYS (Jackson-Hillsdale)
JOANN KINGERY
517-789-2497
                                                           
LIVINGSTON
DEB MC CRIRIE
517‑546‑4126
FAX 546-1300 X-585

MACOMB
JILL GERBINO
586‑469-5950

MANISTEE‑BENZIE
DEB CLEMENT
231‑882-2184

MONROE
CAROLYN BITZ
734‑243‑3371
FAX 734-243-5506 x-601

MONTCALM
MARY SMEJKAL
989‑831-7520

MUSKEGON
SUE MC CRIMMON
231‑724‑1224

NEWAYGO
KRIS TRYGSTAD
231‑689‑7330
FAX 231-689-7345 X-7313

NORTH COUNTRY CMH
MARY WILLSON 231‑533-8619
ALISON REED 989‑732‑6292

NORTHEAST MI
CAROLYN BRUNING
989‑742‑4549

NORTHERN LAKES (Gr Trav & N Central)
GAIL GOLDSMITH
231‑935‑3538

NORTHPOINTE (Dickinson, Iron, Menominee)
CINDY ADRIAN
906-774-0522
   
OAKLAND
NICOLE ROLLE
248‑276-8065
FAX 248-276-9280

OTTAWA
LAURA RINNELS          
616-494-5544

PATHWAYS (Alger, Delta, Marquette, Luce)
GERY SHELAFOE
906-225-9826    
           
PINES  (Branch Co
BETSY EVANS
517‑278-2129

RIVERWOOD (Berrien)  
STACY SAGE
269-934-1612
FAX 269-926-4420

SAGINAW
CLIFFORD FRY
989‑797-3446

ST. CLAIR
LESLIE BROWN           
810‑966-3592 X-119

ST. JOSEPH
MARTHA DEISLER BROWN                 
269‑273-5000 X-353

SANILAC
JIM BARTLEY
810‑648‑0330

SHIAWASSEE
KRISTY BENT
989-723-0734

SUMMIT POINTE (Calhoun)
SHEILA WOLFORD
269‑965-3247 X-703

THRESHOLDS (Kent Co.)
DIANNE WHITMAN/STACEY MADZA
616‑774‑0853 x-155

TUSCOLA
SUE MC ELROY
989-672-3067

VAN BUREN
MARCELLA BELL/ KATHLEEN EASTERLING
269-621-6251 X-238

Wayne
Dayna Phillips or Tia Griffith
313.833.2493

WASHTENAW
SHERRY FERNANDEZ
(contract agency) 
734-662-1256 X-30

WEST MICHIGAN (Mason, Lake, Oceana)
MONICA FIELD
231-845-6294 x-5040

WOODLANDS (Cass County)
KIMBERLY GREENING
269‑445‑2451
FAX 269-445-3216

 

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