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Do not apply the recipient two-thirds (2/3) earned income disregard to the earned income of an individual for whom one of the following conditions apply: • an individual terminated his/her employment or reduced his/her earned income without good cause within 30 days of the preceding the month, • an individual refused to accept a bona fide offer of employment without good cause within 30 days preceding the month, or • an individual failed without good cause to report his/her earnings properly. For earnings to be properly reported, one of the following conditions must be met: o the recipient reports the earnings in their entirety within ten days of receipt. (acceptable verification must accompany the report), or o the recipient is in the quarterly reporting system and timely reports his/her earnings on the form and provides acceptable verification. Good cause for terminating or refusing employment will be determined by considering: • salary in relationship to minimum wage requirements and customary salary for similar work in the community, • availability of transportation and appropriate and affordable child care, • person's physical ability to do the work, and • hazardous working conditions. Good cause for not properly reporting earnings exists if: • the client was hospitalized anytime within five days prior to the date the report of earnings was due; or • The verification was not provided by the due date, but o the earnings were reported by the due date, o verification is provided before the last day available to affect the check amount, and o the verification agrees with the client's report of the earnings. GC See TANF. GC cases do not include adults. The earnings of students are disregarded (see Section 4.8: Children's Earnings in this Part) and to be eligible for GC, children ages 16 and 17 must be students (see Section 4.4: School Attendance and Student Status in Part IV). Therefore, it is unlikely that earnings of a GC group member will ever be counted. Earnings of a deemed individual, such as the adult spouse of a GC child, could be included when determining GC eligibility and benefits. FS When determining whether a group meets the net income test (see Section 8.4: Determining Income Eligibility in this Part) and calculating an eligible group's FS benefits, several deductions are applied: • The Standard Deduction; • Earned Income Disregard; • Excess Medical Deduction; • Dependent Care Deduction; • Excess Shelter Deduction; and • Child Support Deduction. Some groups must pass a gross income test to be eligible for FS (i.e., groups that are not categorically