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

44-315 AMOUNT OF AID (Continued)

44-315

(AR/CO)

If this income is paid on a weekly or bi-weekly basis, the county shall convert the income into a monthly amount as described in Section 44- 315.315(a)(AR/CO) to compute the reasonably anticipated income to use for each month of the AR/CO Payment Period.

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(SAR) Example:

A recipient is in a January through June SAR Payment Period. The recipient indicates on the June SAR 7 that weekly income of $100 per week was received in the SAR Data Month and that this income will increase to $150 per week beginning in August.

The $100 weekly income will be converted to a monthly amount ($100 x 4.33 = $433) and used to determine the benefit amount for the month of July.

The $150 weekly income will be converted to a monthly amount ($150 x 4.33 = $649*) and used to determine the benefit amount for the remaining months of the SAR Payment Period (August through December).

*50% Earned Income Disregard and Net non-exempt income must be rounded down to the nearest dollar amount per MPP Section 44-315.34.

(AR/CO) Example:

A recipient is in a July through June AR/CO Payment Period. The recipient indicates on the June SAWS 2 that weekly income of $100 per week was received in the AR/CO Data Month and that this income will increase to $150 per week beginning in August.

The $100 weekly income will be converted to a monthly amount ($100 x 4.33 = $433) and used to determine the benefit amount for the month of July.

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

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