ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS INCOME
ISSUE DATE: 07/2013
MFIP, DWP:
Count the amount of WB, RCA, or GA benefits already issued as unearned income toward the MFIP or DWP grant. See 0014.03.03 (Determining the Cash Assistance Unit).
EXCLUDE:
● | Assistance payments that correct underpayments for a previous month. |
● | GA payments to, or for, people in battered women’s shelters. |
● | EGA. |
● | MSA payments and Special Diets. See 0023.12 (Special Diets). |
● | SSI payments. See 0017.15.45 (Income from RSDI and SSI). |
● | MFIP child care payments. |
● | SNAP already issued to a person who joins an MFIP unit. |
● | SNAP received in another state for the current month. |
● | Reimbursements for medical expenses that cannot be paid by Medical Assistance. |
● | All Employment Services payments to support a caregiver’s pursuit of greater self-support. |
● | Any payments vendor paid by VOLAGs to third parties from Refugee Resettlement Grants. |
Also see 0011.21 (Receipt of Other Assistance).
WB:
No provisions.
SNAP:
EXCLUDE:
● | Cash assistance vendor paid to battered women’s shelters. |
● | Cash assistance payments that are intended to cover or correct a previous month’s assistance payment. This includes EGA. |
● | EGA vendor payments. |
● | The amount of assistance payments being recouped from SSI, GA, or MSA if the overpayment is not related to adjudicated fraud. |
● | Nutritional Assistance Program benefits. |
● | Any payments vendor paid by VOLAGs to third parties from Refugee Resettlement Grants. |
COUNT
● | Cash assistance that can be anticipated for the issuance month, unless exempt above. |
- | If a unit's RCA, MSA, GA, or SSI is reduced due to a SANCTION because a unit member did not comply with mandatory program requirements, compute SNAP benefits using the cash grant the unit WOULD HAVE received had they complied. The sanction must be one that the sanctioned person can cure. This applies for the duration of the reduction in the cash program. |
- | If the unit's RCA, MSA, GA, or SSI is decreased or terminated because the unit did not comply with mandatory program VERIFICATION requirements, budget the amount of cash assistance the unit ACTUALLY received, which may be $0. |
● | The amount of an assistance payment being recouped from SSI, DWP, GA, or MSA due to adjudicated fraud. |
● | EGA cash payments issued in the current month for the current month’s basic needs unless paid for a disaster such as a fire or flood. |
● | The GA amount paid to the client or vendor paid to a group residential housing provider. This includes personal needs payments. |
MSA:
COUNT the amount of MFIP, WB, DWP, RCA, or GA benefits already issued as unearned income toward the MSA grant unless the benefits have been reimbursed to the state or county agency. See 0012.12.03 (Interim Assistance Agreements).
EXCLUDE:
● | The value of SNAP. |
● | Corrective payments for a previous month. |
● | Emergency GA or MSA payments. |
GA:
EXCLUDE:
● | GA payments that correct underpayments for a previous month. |
● | The value of SNAP. |
● | MFIP, MSA, or GA payments received by women living in facilities for battered women. See 0013.15.15 (GA Basis - Women in Battered Women’s Shelter), 0020.18 (GA Assistance Standards). |
● | EGA payments. |
GRH:
Follow MSA for aged, blind, or disabled clients. Follow GA for all other adults with the following exceptions:
● | Count $70 personal needs allowance as income for a DWP participant who is in a GRH setting. |
● | Count the GRH gross income of a person who is included in an active MFIP case. The MFIP cash portion of the Transitional Standard for 1 person is the GRH gross income for a person who is included in an active MFIP grant. See 0020.09 (MFIP/DWP Assistance Standards). |
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