MANDATORY PARTICIPANT
All MFIP participants are mandatory in employment services except if the parent meets 1 of the following:

· A parent with a child under the age of 12 months, who chooses to take the child under 12-month exemption and have not used their 12-month lifetime limit.

· A parent receiving Minnesota (MN) Paid Leave benefits, who chooses to take the MN Paid Leave exemption.

Caregivers with a fraud disqualification on or after October 1, 2007, are also required to participate in employment services.

MAXIS
Minnesota's statewide automated eligibility system for public assistance programs.

MEDICAL ASSISTANCE (MA)
The program established under Title XIX of the Social Security Act and Minnesota Statutes 256B providing for health care to needy people.

MFIP EMPLOYMENT SERVICES (MFIP-ES)
The program that provides Employment Services to current and former MFIP participants.

MINIMUM WAGE
The lowest wage established by law that an employer may pay an employee. See SUITABLE EMPLOYMENT in 2.39 (Glossary: S...).

MINNESOTA FAMILY INVESTMENT PROGRAM (MFIP)
Minnesota's family assistance program. The program is both TANF-funded and state-funded.

MINNESOTA WORKING FAMILY CREDIT
A state tax credit for which low or moderate income individuals and families are eligible if they qualify for the federal EARNED INCOME CREDIT. See EARNED INCOME CREDIT in 2.15 (Glossary: E...). The Minnesota Working Family Credit can be applied for by filing a Minnesota income tax return.

MINOR CAREGIVER
A person who (a) is under the age of 18 years and not emancipated, and (b) has applied for or receives assistance as a caregiver on behalf of himself/herself and his/her minor child.

MINOR CHILD
A child who lives with parents or other caregiver, is not the parent of a child in the home, and who is 1 of the following:

· Less than 18 years old.

OR

· Under the age of 19 and a full-time student in a secondary school or equivalent level of vocational or technical training, designed to fit students for gainful employment.