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LINKING FACTORS OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ELIGIBILITY Regulations DEPRIVATION OF PARENTAL SUPPORT OR CARE 41-440 (Cont.)

41-440 UNEMPLOYED PARENT PROGRAM (Continued) 41-440

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EXAMPLE:

A principal earner is self-employed as a salesperson selling a product door-to-door. The individual spent the following hours during the four-week period prior to the date of eligibility in connection with his/her occupation:

36 hours collecting orders for the product.

12 hours ordering the products from the supplier. This includes completing the necessary work and going to the post office.

5 hours developing and delivering flyers advertising the business.

4 hours with floor duty at the distributor's office.

32 hours delivering the products to the customers.

10 hours distributing new catalogs.

In this situation, all of the above hours count as hours worked because all hours were spent promoting the business or attempting to or making contact with prospective or actual customers.

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(c) Principal Earner: In a home in which both parents of an eligible child are living, the principal earner is whichever parent earned the greater amount of income in the 24-month period, the last month of which immediately precedes the date of application or the month of transfer to the unemployed parent program as defined in Section 41-440.1(d):

When both parents qualify as the principal earner and have earned an identical amount of income in such 24-month period, the county in consultation with the parents shall designate which parent is the principal earner. Once the principal earner has been determined correctly, the parent continues to be the principal earner for each consecutive month for which the family receives aid under the unemployed parent program.

CALIFORNIA-DSS-MANUAL-EAS MANUAL LETTER NO. EAS-98-03 Effective 7/1/98

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