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STANDARDS OF ASSISTANCE 44-133 INCOME Regulations

44-133 TREATMENT OF INCOME -- CALWORKS

.1 All net income of persons included in the Assistance Unit is income to the Assistance Unit.

.2 Income in Cases in Which the Assistance Unit Resides in the Same Household as an SSI/ SSP or Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI) Recipient

.21 The aid payment and income of an SSI/ SSP or CAPI recipient shall not be included in the Assistance Unit's income and grant computation.

.22 Lump sum retroactive SSI/ SSP or CAPI payments received by a recipient are not countable income to the Assistance Unit.

.23 Payments for goods or services by an SSI/ SSP or CAPI recipient to a CalWORKs cash aid recipient are income to the Assistance Unit.

.24 Income derived from an interest in the community or joint property of an SSI/ SSP or CAPI recipient and a CalWORKs cash aid recipient is prorated between owners and the CalWORKs cash aid recipient's share is countable income to the Assistance Unit.

.25 Actual voluntary contributions made by an SSI/ SSP or CAPI recipient to a cash aid recipient are income to the Assistance Unit. This does not include pooled income to meet shared living expenses, or payments for living expenses made in lieu of other payments in a shared living arrangement. However, no contribution will be required of the SSI/ SSP or CAPI recipient.

.26 If a CalWORKs cash aid applicant is determined to be eligible for cash aid and is included in the assistance unit, income of the cash aid applicant (including income considered available from a stepparent under provisions of Section 44-133.511 or a senior parent under provisions of Section 89-201.5) that may have been used in computing an SSI/ SSP or CAPI grant for another person will be included in the CalWORKs grant computation. The county shall notify the Social Security Administration or the appropriate CAPI worker as to the effective date that the income is used in the CalWORKs grant computation so that such income may be deleted from the SSI/SSP or CAPI grant computation.

.27 The county shall notify the Social Security Administration of the effective date that a CalWORKs cash aid recipient and any of his/her income is deleted from the Assistance Unit because of receipt of SSI/SSP, if the recipient has income which was used in the CalWORKs grant computation. This is necessary so that the Social Security Administration may begin to consider the income. No retroactive adjustment of the CalWORKs grant shall be made because of receipt of SSI/SSP if the grant was correctly computed during the period the SSI/SSP application was pending.

CALIFORNIA-DSS-MANUAL-EAS MANUAL LETTER NO. EAS-99-08 Effective 7/30/99

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