GRANT PAYMENT DETERMINATION

A. AND-SO grant payments shall be calculated on an individual basis with just one client per case. B. When a client has been found eligible, the amount of the client's authorized AND- SO grant payment shall be determined by deducting the client's total countable income from the AND-SO grant standard. 1. If determined eligible on the first of the month, the client shall receive his or her authorized grant payment in the initial and subsequent months. 2. If determined eligible on any other day of the month, the client's first month grant payment shall be prorated according to the number of days remaining in the month; the client shall receive their full authorized grant payment in subsequent months. C. The AND-SO grant payment shall be made via Electronic Benefits Transfer, direct deposit, or warrant to the client, to a facility, or to a legally designated person, such as a representative payee, fiduciary, or conservator. D. The client shall be eligible only for a monthly PNA when program requirements are met and the client is a resident of a facility at least thirty (30) consecutive days, as follows: 1. In a general medical and surgical hospital; 2. In a nursing home, assisted living residence, or, intermediate care facility, group home, host home, other long-term care facility, or Adult Financial approved setting. E. The following persons are not eligible for a PNA or AND-SO grant payments: 1. Inmates in a penal institution; or, 2. Residents in an unlicensed private or uncertified public facility. F. For every full calendar month that the client is a resident in an approved facility, the AND-SO Personal Needs Allowance maximum shall be seventy nine dollars

($79) effective October 1, 2016.