Income Calculation When Destitute of Income

A. Destitute households shall have their eligibility and level of benefits calculated for the month of application by considering only that income received between the first of the month and the date of application. It if is an initial month application, the first application or an application received after the household's last certification period expired, the allotment for the initial month shall be prorated to cover days from date of application to the end of the month. B. If income of more than twenty-five dollars ($25) from a new source has not been received or is not anticipated within ten (10) calendar days from the date of initial application or within ten (10) calendar days after the household's normal issuance cycle if applying for recertification, it shall be disregarded. C. Travel advances provided by an employer to reimburse travel costs of relocation of a new employee is exempt income and does not affect the destitute status of a household. If the travel advance is, by written contract, an advance of wages that will be subtracted from wages later earned by the employee, the money is considered as income but shall not affect the determination of whether subsequent payments from the employer are from a new source of income nor whether the household shall be considered destitute.