6500 - TREATMENT OF INCOME AND DEDUCTIONS OF PERSONS NOT INCLUDED IN THE ASSISTANCE PLAN

6510 Income

1. Cash - The gross non-exempt earned and unearned income of legally responsible persons and mandatory filing unit members in the home and excluded from the assistance plan is counted in its entirety as available to the remaining household members. No disregards from income are allowed.
    

2. Food Assistance
    

   1. Excluded Individuals - A pro-rata share of the gross non-exempt earned and unearned income of excluded individuals shall be counted as income to the remaining household members. The pro-rata share is calculated by dividing the income evenly among the household members, including the excluded member(s). All but the excluded member(s) share is counted as income for the remaining household members
       
   2. Disqualified Individuals - The gross non-exempt earned and unearned income of disqualified individuals is counted in its entirety as available to the remaining household members.
       
   3. Non-household Members - Cash contributions made from non-household members to household members are considered as unearned income for budgeting purposes.
      
      

6520 Deductible Expenses/Income Disregards -

1. Cash - No deductions or disregards are applied to income of persons who do not receive benefits.
   
   
2. Food Assistance
     
   

   1. Excluded Individuals - The 20% earned income deduction shall apply to the prorated income earned by such excluded members which is attributed to the remaining household members. That portion of the household's allowable shelter, dependent care, medical, and child support expenses which are either paid by or billed to the excluded member(s) shall be divided evenly among the household's members including the excluded member(s). All but the excluded member's share is counted as a deductible shelter, dependent care, medical, and child support expense for the remaining household members.
      
      Note: The SUA may not be prorated for those individuals who share utility expenses but are excluded from the Food Assistance household.
      
      

   2. Disqualified Individual - The 20% earned income deduction shall apply to the income earned by disqualified members. In addition, the entire household's allowable standard, medical, dependent care, excess shelter, and child support deductions shall continue to apply to the remaining household members.
      
      
   3. Non-household Members - If a food assistance household shares deductible expenses with the nonhousehold member, only the amount actually paid or contributed by the household shall be deducted as a household expense. If the payments or contributions cannot be differentiated, the expenses shall be prorated evenly among persons actually paying or contributing to the expense and only the household's prorata share deducted.