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STANDARDS OF ASSISTANCE 44-315 (Cont.) AID PAYMENTS Regulations

44-315 AMOUNT OF AID (Continued)

44-315

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(AR/CO) Example 4:

The AR/CO Payment Period is July through June. A recipient indicates on the June SAWS 2 that their current weekly income of $150 will only continue through August, when their summer job will end. The recipient does not anticipate any other income for the remainder of the AR/CO Payment Period, including next summer. The county agrees with the recipient's SAWS 2 information and applies the 4.33 conversion factor to the $150 weekly amount to arrive at the monthly income amount of $649.50 for the months of July and August. No income will be used for the months of September through June.

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(b)

The average weekly and bi-weekly amounts arrived at above shall be converted to a monthly amount by using a 4.33 conversion factor for weekly payments and a 2.167 conversion factor for payments received bi-weekly.

(SAR) (c)

The conversion factors can only be used if weekly or bi-weekly payments are reasonably anticipated to continue throughout the SAR Payment Period.

(AR/CO) (c)

The conversion factors can only be used if weekly or bi-weekly payments are reasonably anticipated to continue throughout the AR/CO Payment Period.

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(SAR) Example:

The recipient reports on the SAR 7 that she is paid on a weekly basis except she only works three weeks in a month and indicates that this frequency of pay will remain the same throughout the next SAR Payment Period and will remain unchanged throughout the next SAR Payment Period. She is typically paid $115, $100, and $135. The county will add the three weeks of income together ($115+100+135= $350) to arrive at a reasonably

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

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