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EARNED INCOME
Cash or in-kind income earned in the form of salaries, wages, commissions, profit from employment activities, net profit from self-employment, payments made by an employer for regularly accrued vacation or sick leave, and any other profit earned through effort or labor. The income must be in return for or as a result of legal activity.

EARNED INCOME CREDIT (EIC)
A federal refundable tax credit for low or moderate income working individuals and families. People may receive an EIC once a year as a refund. Working families with children can apply for advance payments with each paycheck.

EARNED INCOME DISREGARD
An employment incentive. The exclusion of a portion of EARNED INCOME in determining eligibility and benefits.

ELIGIBILITY FACTORS
Conditions and standards an applicant or participant must satisfy to be eligible for benefits.

EMANCIPATED MINOR
A person under the age of 18 who is or was married, is on active duty in the uniformed services, or has been declared emancipated by a court.

EMPLOYMENT PLAN
A plan developed by the job counselor and the participant which includes the participant's overall employment goal, activities necessary to reach that goal, and a time line for each activity. See 7.3 (Employment Plans), 8.24 (Employment Plans & Family Violence Waiver).

EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
See MFIP EMPLOYMENT SERVICES (MFIP-ES) in 2.30 (Glossary: M-N...).

EMPLOYMENT SERVICES PROVIDER (ESP)
An agency or organization that operates under formal agreement with the COUNTY AGENCY to provide Employment Services to certain clients on behalf of the COUNTY AGENCY. In some instances, the ESP is another unit of the county.

EMPLOYABILITY MEASURE
A screening tool used to measure a participant’s status in 11 areas of life functioning that has been shown to be related to getting and keeping a job. See 6.15 (The Employability Measure).

ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (ESL)
English language program designed for non-English speaking people.

EXEMPT MONTHS
Months that were not counted toward the 60-month time limit.

EXTENSION
Allows families to receive additional months of MFIP beyond 60 months if certain criteria are met. See 18.18 (Extension Categories).