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CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICESPRIVATE UNIFORM POLICY MANUAL _______________________________________________________________________________ Date: 4-1-02 Transmittal: UP-02-14 1515.05 _______________________________________________________________________________ Section: Type: Eligibility Process POLICY _______________________________________________________________________________ Chapter: Program: FS Expedited Services _______________________________________________________________ Subject: Identifying Eligible Assistance Units _______________________________________________________________________________
1515.05 A. Entitlement to Expedited Services
The Department determines FS eligibility on an expedited basis in cases meeting any of the following criteria:
The assistance unit's rent or mortgage costs, plus utility costs or the standard utility allowance, exceed its total monthly gross income plus liquid assets.
2. The assistance unit's total monthly gross income is less than $150, and its total liquid assets do not exceed $100.
3. The assistance unit is a destitute migrant or seasonal farm worker assistance unit whose total assets do not exceed $100.
CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES UNIFORM POLICY MANUAL _______________________________________________________________________________ Date: 9-21-96 Transmittal: UP-96-17 1515.05 page 2 _______________________________________________________________________________ Section: Type: Eligibility Process POLICY _______________________________________________________________________________ Chapter: Program: FS Expedited Services _______________________________________________________________ Subject: Identifying Eligible Assistance Units _______________________________________________________________________________
1515.05 B. Destitute Assistance Units
1. Migrant or Seasonal Farm Workers
a. For the purpose of determining entitlement to expedited service, the classification of an assistance unit as destitute applies only to migrant or seasonal farm worker assistance units.
b. FS assistance units that are not migrant or seasonal farm worker assistance units are never classified as destitute for expedited service purpose.
c. Migrant or seasonal farm worker assistance units which are destitute are entitled to expedited service and to the special income calculation methods applicable to destitute assistance unit. (cross reference: 5015)
d. The determination of whether an assistance unit is destitute is made:
(1) at application when the assistance request is filed; and
(2) at redetermination.
e. Migrant or seasonal farm worker assistance units which are determined destitute at redetermination are entitled to the special method of calculating income in the first month of the new certification period. (cross reference: 5015)
CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES UNIFORM POLICY MANUAL ______________________________________________________________________________ Date: 7-1-88 Transmittal: UP-88-28 1515.05 page 3 ______________________________________________________________________________ Section: Type: Eligibility Process POLICY ______________________________________________________________________________ Chapter: Program: FS Expedited Services _______________________________________________________________ Subject: Identifying Eligible Assistance Units ______________________________________________________________________________
1515.05 C. Destitute Assistance Units (continued)
2. What Constitutes Destitution
a. Income From a Terminated Source
(1) Assistance units are considered to be destitute if:
(a) their only income for the month of application is from a terminated source; and
(b) such income is received prior to the date of application.
(2) Income is considered as coming from a terminated source if:
(a) income which is normally received on a monthly or more frequent basis will not be received again for the balance of the month of application or the following month; or
(b) income which is normally received less often than monthly will not be received in the month in which the next payment would normally be received.
b. Income From a New Source
(1) Assistance units are considered to be destitute if:
(a) their only income for the month of application is from a new source; and
(b) they receive no more than $25 from the new income source prior to the tenth calendar day after the date of application.
CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES UNIFORM POLICY MANUAL ______________________________________________________________________________ Date: 7-1-88 Transmittal: UP-88-28 1515.05 page 4 ______________________________________________________________________________ Section: Type: Eligibility Process POLICY ______________________________________________________________________________ Chapter: Program: FS Expedited Services _______________________________________________________________ Subject: Identifying Eligible Assistance Units ______________________________________________________________________________
1515.05 C. 2. b. Income From a New Source (continued)
(2) Income which is normally received on a monthly or more frequent basis is considered as coming from a new source if within thirty days prior to the date of application:
(a) no income is received from that source; or
(b) income of $25 dollars or less is received from that source.
(3) The receipt of wage advance for travel costs of a new employee are not counted in the determination of whether subsequent payments from the employer are from a new source or whether the assistance unit is destitute.
c. Income From Both a Terminated and New Source
(1) Assistance units who receive both income from a terminated source prior to the date of application, and income from a new source after the date of application, are considered destitute if:
(a) they receive no income from a terminated source for the balance of the month of application; and
(b) they receive no more than $25 from a new source prior to the tenth calendar day after the date of application.
(2) A migrant farm worker's source of income is considered to be the grower for whom the migrant is working and not the crew chief. A migrant who travels with the same crew chief but moves from one grower to another is considered to have moved from a terminated income source to a new source.