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GC See MA. FS If a child care provider is in the FS group, count payments received under the Child Nutrition Act of 1965 or the National School Lunch Act of 1946 minus the value of meals for the provider's own child(ren) during child care hours as gross self-employment earnings (see Section 4.40: Self- Employment in this Chapter). Self-employment earnings equal gross earnings minus business expenditures. While child nutrition payments are counted as self-employment earnings, the amount the provider spends to purchase and prepare the meals for the children in his/her care are subtracted from these gross earnings.

CHILDREN'S EARNINGS 4.8 MA AR: Do not count the earnings of an unmarried child who is living with a person who provides care or supervision and who is under 21. TANF For applicants/recipients, disregard all of the monthly gross earned income of each child who is a full-time student or a part-time student provided s/he is not employed full-time (see Section 4.4: School Attendance and Student Status in Part IV). GC See TANF FS Do not count the earns income of any household member: • who is under age 18, • who is an elementary or secondary school student (or is attending GED classes), and • who lives with a natural, adoptive, or step-parent or is under the parental control of a household member other than a parent. This exclusion continues to apply during temporary interruptions in school attendance due to semester or vacation breaks, provided the child's enrollment will continue following the break. Do not count either the earned or unearned income of ineligible students except for income that the ineligible student actually contributes to group members. Exclude payments from on-the-job training programs under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 (successor to the Job Training Partnership Act) to persons under 19 years of age who are under the parental control of another adult group member, regardless of school attendance and/or enrollment. For the purpose of this provision, earnings include monies paid by the WIA and monies paid by employers. If you cannot determine the portion of a FS group's earning that is the child's, prorate the total among the earners and exclude one share as attributable to the child. In an ongoing case, begin counting the earnings in the month after the minor reaches his/her 18th birthday. Example Darlene assists her parents in a street vendor business, and the profits are shared. Prorate the net earnings and exclude one-third as attributable to Darlene. Darlene turns 18 in the initial application month, count what she earns on or after her birthday.