Food Network Income

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Food Network Income

• Challenge

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Workshop Menu

• FNS Policy clarifications, changes, and
  corrections effective 1-1-08 and 5-1-08
• Countable versus non-countable income
• Whose income counts
• Verification of Income
• Conversion calculation of income
• ? New ? Sporadic
• ? Changed ? Representative
• ? Terminated ? Overpayments

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Section 263Sources of Income

• Countable
• Child Care Wages (E)
• Refugee Cash Assistance (U)
• Severance Pay (U)
• Temporary Census Income (E)
• E earned income
• U unearned income

• Non-countable
• Gift Cards
• Plan for Achieving Self-Support (PASS) Account
  Deposit
• Stimulus Income
• Non-recurring lump-sum child support arrearage
  payment

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Whose Income to Count?
Count all non-excluded gross income in a FNSU
whether earned or unearned, unless special
circumstances exist

• Disqualified Individuals
• Ineligible Individuals
• Students
• Fleeing Felons
• Absent Wage Earner

• Sponsored Aliens
• Fleeing Felons, Probation/Parole Violators
• Foster Children
• Guardianship

See Handout 1
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Students

• Higher Education
• Age 18 through 49 who is enrolled in an
  institution of higher education.
• Determine if the student is eligible or
  ineligible.
• Eligible Include this persons countable income
• Ineligible Do not include this persons income

• High School
• For a child age 17 or younger, exclude his entire
  gross earned income only if the child is
• Attending any elementary or secondary school
  recognized, operated, or supervised by the state
  or local school district or attending classes at
  least half-time to obtain a GED, AND
• Not the head of the FNSU

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Conversion Calculation

• New
• Changed
• Terminated
• Sporadic
• Representative
• ?Overpayments

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Income Cooking TechniquesNew/Changed Income

• Quick Easy Tips
• If expected to receive less than a full months
  pay count actual (may have to anticipate)
• If expected to receive a full months pay
  convert (use only full pays to project or
  anticipate)

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Tip 1

• DOA 8-20-08
• New Employment
• Paid weekly on Fri
• 1st pay 8-22-08
• Partial pay 144.00
• Client expected to earn 6.00 hourly at 40 hours
  per week

• Date Paid Amt
• 8-22-08 144.00
• 8-29-08 240.00
• 384.00

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Tip 2

• DOA 8-20-08
• New Employment
• Paid weekly on Fri
• 1st pay 8-22-08
• Partial pay 144.00
• Client expected to earn 6.00 hourly at 40 hours
  per week

• 6.00 X 40 hrs 240
• 240.00 X 4.3 1032.00 anticipated income
• Aug 384.00
• Sep ongoing 1032.00 per month

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Income Cooking TechniquesTerminated Income

• Quick Easy Tips
• If expected to receive less than a full months
  pay count actual (may have to anticipate)
• If expected to receive a full months pay
  convert (use normal base period)

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Terminated Income

• DOA 2-22-08
• Term Employment
• Paid biweekly on Fri
• Final Pay 3-7-08

• Pays Received
• Date Paid Amt
• 1-11-08 344.00
• 1-25-08 399.00
• 2-8-08 387.00
• 2-22-08 362.00
• 3-7-08 378.00

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Terminated Income

• DOA 2-22-08
• Term Employment
• Paid biweekly on Fri
• Final Pay 3-7-08
• Date Paid Amt
• 1-11-08 344.00
• 1-25-08 399.00
• 2-8-08 387.00
• 2-22-08 362.00
• 3-7-08 378.00

• Calculate as follows
• 344
• 399
• 743 divided 2 371.50 372
• 372 X 2.15 799.80 800
• Count 800 for Feb 08
• Count 378 for Mar 08
• Count 0 effective Apr 08

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Sporadic Income

• Document that income is received on a daily or
  sporadic basis
• Use the prior months income
• If the month prior is not indicative document
  and use best available information
• Do not convert income

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Representative Payments

• Defined
• Moneys received by a protective payee
• that is given and/or used for the care and
  maintenance of the beneficiary, must be counted
  as income to the household of the beneficiary
• Moneys received by a protective payee
• That is not given and/or used for the care and
  maintenance of the beneficiary, must be counted
  as income to the household of the protective
  payee

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Overpayments

• Social Security
• SSA Client responsible overpayment count net
• SSA with federal offset to repay a federal debt
  count gross
• SSI
• SSA responsible overpayment count net
• Client responsible overpayment count gross
• WFFA
• DSS responsible overpayment exclude recoupment
• Client responsible overpayment count gross
• UIB
• ESC Client responsible overpayment count net
• UIB with taxes or child support deducted count
  gross

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Net versus Gross

• Gross UIB
• 230.00 weekly

• Net UIB
• 120.00 weekly

• Overpayment Count net amount
• Child Support Count gross amount
• Taxes being paid Count gross amount
• Reduced to part-time employment Count net
  amount

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Verification of Income

• Verify income for all households prior to
  certification.
• This includes statements regarding terminated,
  ongoing, new, or changed income received or
  expected to be received
• In the base period or
• In the month of application or
• During the certification period

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Recipe Successfor Income

• Countable versus non-countable income
• Whose income counts
• Conversion and calculation of income
• Representative payments
• Income with overpayments
• Verification of income

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Thank you!!

• Melinda Seemann
• Staff Development Specialist I
• Cumberland County
• [phone]
• im2_at_ccdssnc.com