UPM 6005 - Comparing Income and Needs

CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICESPRIVATE UNIFORM POLICY MANUAL ______________________________________________________________________________ Date: 7-1-95 Transmittal: UP-95-13 6005 ______________________________________________________________________________ Section: Type: Calculation of Benefits POLICY ______________________________________________________________________________ Chapter: Program: AFDC Comparing Income and Needs AABD _______________________________________________________________ FS Subject:

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6005 The process of calculating benefits compares the applied income of the assistance unit members to their total needs. Once income eligibility is determined, consideration of income and needs is confined to those of the assistance unit itself.

A. AFDC

In the AFDC program the amount of benefits is calculated by using Fill-the-Gap budgeting. Fill-the-Gap budgeting requires the following steps:

1. subtracting the assistance unit's applied income from the standard of need;

2. multiplying this difference by 73%;

3. adding any special needs for which the assistance unit is eligible;

4. subtracting all non-fill-the-gap income;

5. rounding down to the next lower whole dollar.

B. AABD

1. Determination of Benefit

a. When the Department considers the AABD unit member not to be living with his or her spouse, the unit's benefits are determined by subtracting his or her applied income from the unit's total needs. (Cross Reference: 5020.70-Deemed Income)

b. When the Department considers the AABD unit member to be living with his or her spouse, the applied income of the applicant or recipient, including that income which is deemed from his or her spouse, is subtracted from the total of either:

(1) the basic and special needs of both the applicant or recipient and his or her eligible spouse; or

(2) the basic and special needs of the applicant or recipient and the basic needs of his or her ineligible spouse. (Cross Reference: 5020.70-Deemed Income)

CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES UNIFORM POLICY MANUAL ______________________________________________________________________________ Date: 7-1-88 Transmittal: UP-88-38 6005 page 2 ______________________________________________________________________________ Section: Type: Calculation of Benefits POLICY ______________________________________________________________________________ Chapter: Program: AFDC Comparing Income and Needs AABD _______________________________________________________________ FS Subject:

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6005 B. AABD (continued)

2. Issuance of Benefit

a. When the assistance unit member is not considered to be living with a spouse, the benefit amount resulting from the comparison of the applied income to the total needs is paid in total to the applicant or recipient.

b. When the AABD unit member is living with his or her spouse, the applied incomes of both spouses are added together and subtracted from the total of the needs of both spouses:

(1) When both spouses are applying and are eligible for AABD, the benefit amount resulting from the comparison of the assistance unit's applied income to their combined needs is divided equally between the two spouses as two separate assistance units.

(2) When only one spouse is applying and eligible for AABD, the benefit amount resulting from comparing the assistance unit's applied income to their combined needs is paid in total to the eligible spouse.

C. FS

In the FS program, the amount of benefits is calculated by:

1. multiplying the assistance unit's applied income by 30%; and

2. rounding the product up to the next whole dollar if it ends in 1-99 cents; and

3. subtracting the rounded product from the FS standard of assistance for the appropriate unit size. (Cross Reference: 5000 - Treatment of Income, 4500 - Standards of Assistance)