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check is completed even if the parent indicated on the application they are not making child support payments to receive a deduction from their income. A printout from each parent’s account reflecting child support payments made by the parent the three (3) months prior to the month of application is to be used, unless verification clearly reflect arrearages are paid off and it is clear that only the obligated amount is due. If the parent began making payments more recently and three (3) months are not available, the Designee is to request verification from the family that they received from the Alaska CSSD and/or other state reflecting the monthly payments made to support the income deduction information reported by the family.

If no case is found with CSSD, one of the following is acceptable verification: a. Documentation from another state’s CSSD equivalent agency reflecting payments made by the parent in the three(3) months prior to the month of application; b. Copies of the parent’s processed checks or money orders paid in the three (3) months prior to the month of application; c. Alaska or other State’s wage withholding statements for the three (3) months prior to the month of application; d. Verification of child support withholding from other benefits such as Unemployment Insurance Benefits (UIB) for the three (3) months prior to the month of application; or e. Copies of employment pay stubs reflecting child support withholdings from the parent’s pay.

2. CALCULATING CHILD SUPPORT DEDUCTIONS If child support is deducted from the applying parent’s income as verified by pay stubs or the official child support order, the amount of the deduction is calculated using the same conversion factor used for the pay frequency of the income the child support payments are withheld from.

If the child support withholding or parent began making payments the month of application, the Designee will create a budget and co- pay for the month of application without the child support deduction and a new budget and co-pay effective the month after the month of application to include the monthly deduction for child support payments.