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SNAP CERTIFICATION MANUAL – SECTION 7000 7500 Step 2 - Gross Income Eligibility 7522 Special Procedures

EXAMPLE 2: A household has elected to average three months’ income and provides the following pay check stubs.

June GROSS DATE GROSS DATE GROSS 6-1 $230.15 7-6 $225.25 8-3 $325.30 6-8 300.00 7-13 45.00 8-10 155.55 6-15 175.25 7-20 230.15 8-17 230.15 6-22 230.15 7-27 155.55 8-24 230.15 6-29 276.95 8-31 230.15 TOTAL $1,212.50 TOTAL $655.95 TOTAL $1,171.30 June July $1,212.50 655.95 August 1,171.30

TOTAL $3,039.75 x 3 mo $1,013.25 Rounded: $1,013.00

$1,013 will be used as the total gross monthly

7522 Special Procedures SNAP Manual 10/01/03  NOTE: This section of policy is not intended to furnish instructions onconversion of income. See SNAP 7513 for instructions on conversion of income. When an initial application is processed, the budgeting process must reflect the household’s income for each month in the application period. To accomplish this it may be necessary to prepare more than one budget. This may result in a SNAP benefit amount which varies from month to month. See SNAP 7523.3 for instructions on calculating a variable budget. If the month has not fully lapsed at the time the application is processed, the budget must reflect the income the household expects to receive for the entire month. See SNAP 7513 for instructions on conversion of this income. At recertification or when a change or a semi-annual report is processed, the worker must make every effort to anticipate the effect of changes. This may require the calculation of two or more