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STANDARDS OF ASSISTANCE Regulations INCOME 44-133 (Cont.)

44-133 TREATMENT OF INCOME -- CALWORKS (Continued)

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Recipient Financial Eligibility Test

$ 600 Monthly Earned Income of Mother

- 225 $225 Unused DBI Disregard

$ 375 Subtotal

- 187 50% Earned Income Disregard

$ 187 Net Nonexempt Earned Income

+ 85 Unearned Income of Ineligible Non-Citizen Child

$ 272 Total Net Nonexempt Income (rounded down)

$ 272 Total NNI is less than $800 Region 1, Nonexempt Family MAP for four, family passes recipient financial eligibility test

Grant Computation

$ 800 Region 1, Nonexempt Family MAP for Four

- 272 Total Net Nonexempt Income

$ 528 Potential Grant

$ 542 MAP for AU of Two (includes two citizen children)

$ 528 Aid Payment is the Lesser of the Potential Grant or MAP for the AU

(SAR) Example 3: Family with Ineligible Non-Citizen AU Members and Stepparent with Income and Excluded Dependents

Recipient mother receives aid for herself and one child. The mother has earnings of $600 per month that is reasonably anticipated to continue at the same amount during the SAR Payment Period. Also living in the home are: 1) the ineligible non-citizen spouse of the aided parent; 2) the aided mother's ineligible non-citizen child in common with no deprivation; 3) the aided mother's citizen child in common who has no deprivation; and 4) a separate ineligible non- citizen child of the spouse. The spouse has $375 per month earned income that is reasonably anticipated to continue at the same level during the SAR Payment Period. The family is nonexempt and lives in Region 1.

Eligibility/Grant Computation

Step 1 $ 975 Family's Monthly Earned Income

- 225 $225 Unused DBI Disregard

$ 750 Subtotal

- 375 50% Earned Income Disregard*

$ 375 Net Earned Income

$ 375 Total Family Net Nonexempt Income*

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CALIFORNIA-DSS-MANUAL-EAS MANUAL LETTER NO. EAS-14-02 Effective 7/1/14

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