UPM 5030.10 - Earned Income Disregard
CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICESPRIVATE UNIFORM POLICY MANUAL ______________________________________________________________________________ Date: 7-1-98 Transmittal: UP-98-31 5030.10 ______________________________________________________________________________ Section: Type: Treatment of Income POLICY ______________________________________________________________________________ Chapter: Program: AABD Income Disregards MAABD _______________________________________________________________ Subject: Earned Income Disregard ______________________________________________________________________________
5030.10 A. Income From Which the Disregard is Subtracted
Except for determining AABD eligibility and benefit levels for assistance units residing in long term care facilities, earned income disregards are subtracted from the assistance unit's monthly total available gross earned income. Total available gross earned income is counted in full in determining AABD eligibility and benefit levels for assistance units residing in long term care facilities.
B. Amount of the Disregard
The following amounts are disregarded from income earned by the groups indicated:
1. $65.00 per month plus 1/2 of the remaining income is disregarded from the earnings of:
a. applicants for assistance to the disabled and aged;
b. recipients of assistance to the aged who did not receive assistance to the disabled or blind in the month before they became 65 years of age.
2. $65.00 per month plus 1/2 of the income remaining after impairment related expenses are deducted is disregarded from the earnings of:
a. recipients of assistance to the disabled;
b. recipients of assistance to the aged who received assistance to the disabled in the month before they became 65 years of age.
3. $85.00 per month plus 1/2 of the remaining income is disregarded from the earnings of:
a. applicants for and recipients of assistance to the blind;
b. recipients of assistance to the aged who received assistance to the blind in the month before they became 65 years of age.