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excluded. See section 4080-5 PASS II and PASS III Excluded Income. The following is used to evaluate the income expected to be received from each source: 1. Income amount, description, andverification; 2. Frequency from each type and source; 3. Method(s) used for calculating the monthly income including the conversion factor. See section 4080-2 C. Methods for Calculating Earned Income and 4080-2 D. Frequency of Earned Income Received; and 4. Any changes that are expected within thirty (30) calendar days of application and before the final determination is made.

Prudent person judgment must be used and the rationale documented when the family’s proof of income is different than the worker’s estimate of the countable monthly income.

4080-2 EARNED INCOME Earned income is obtained by a parent from engagement in an activity for a wage or salary.

Depending on the parent’s employment and/or pay frequency and when the application is submitted to the Designee, the two (2) most current months of income verification may be the month the application is received by the Designee and the month prior or the two (2) months prior to the month the application was submitted. If the parent had no paid employment in the month prior to the month the application was submitted, the parent may not have received pay or may have only one (1) pay stub for the month the application was submitted. Earned income paid to the family after the date the application was submitted and received by the Designee, is not to be used unless the family has started a new job and that is the first pay check to be received. In that situation, the Designee would determine the earnings that the family will receive in that month for the first month and use a full month’s earnings effective the second month forward.

4080-2 A. TYPES OF EARNED INCOME The parent’s wage or salary must be at or above the Alaska minimum wage for work performed beginning on January 1 through December 31 of the year for which it is effective. Parents whose earnings are