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the financial eligibility requirements. However, the community-assistance unit cannot be certified for MA unless an application is submitted and the community- assistance unit meets all of the non-financial eligibility requirements (see Part IV: Non-Financial Eligibility). For the LTC assistance unit in which both the community spouse and the LTC spouse are SR, this allowance is not applicable until the month following the month of physical separation (i.e., when the community spouse and the institutionalized spouse are no longer considered to be members of the same assistance unit). 2.7: Projected Income Projected Income The allowance for maintenance of the spouse and children also may be projected for a prospective period not to exceed six months. 2.15: Determining Total Countable Income for PPA Calculation If the community spouse is eligible for MA as an SR, each spouse is considered to be financially responsible for the other for the month of their physical separation. In addition, apply the income deductions (see Chapter 6: Income Disregards and Deductions in Part VI) to the income of the community spouse before adding his/her net income to the income of the institutionalized spouse. The LTC SSR should then apply the LTC income allowances to their combined income.