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Table of Contents Budgeting Income i 2410.0000 Food Stamps ................................................................ 1 2410.0100 INCOME LIMITS (FS) ............................................................................................... 1 2410.0200 BUDGETING (FS) .................................................................................................... 1 2410.0201 Prospective Budgeting (FS) .................................................................................. 1 2410.0202 Uncertain Income (FS) .......................................................................................... 1 2410.0204 Determining Monthly Income (FS) ........................................................................ 2 2410.0204.01 Income Received Less Often than Monthly (FS) .............................................. 2 2410.0207 Adding Individuals to an AG (FS) .......................................................................... 2 2410.0213 Destitute AGs (FS) ................................................................................................ 2 2410.0214.01 Determining Destitute Status (FS) .................................................................... 2 2410.0214.02 Earned Income from a Terminated Source (FS) .............................................. 2 2410.0214.03 Earned Income from a New Source (FS) ......................................................... 3 2410.0214.04 Earned Income from Terminated Sources and New Sources (FS) .................. 3 2410.0214.05 Changing Jobs/Destitute Households (FS) ...................................................... 3 2410.0216.01 Special Budgeting Procedures for Destitute AGs (FS) ..................................... 3 2410.0216.02 Month of Application (FS) ................................................................................. 3 2410.0216.03 Travel Advances for Destitute AGs (FS)........................................................... 3 2410.0216.04 New Source Income at Redetermination for Destitute AGs (FS) ..................... 4 2410.0300 INCOME DISREGARDS (FS) .................................................................................. 4 2410.0301 Disregards and Vendor Payments (FS) ................................................................ 4 2410.0302 Earned Income Disregard (FS) ............................................................................. 4 2410.0303 Standard Disregard (FS) ....................................................................................... 4 2410.0323 Dependent Care Disregard (FS) ........................................................................... 4 2410.0324 Verification of Dependent Care Expenses (FS) .................................................... 5 2410.0329 Child Support Deduction (FS) ............................................................................... 5 2410.0330 Legal Obligation for Child Support (FS) ................................................................ 5 2410.0331 Request to Budget the Deduction (FS) ................................................................. 5 2410.0332 Determining the Deduction Amount (FS) .............................................................. 6 2410.0333 Changes in the Obligation/Payment (FS).............................................................. 6 2410.0334 Verification of Obligation/Payment (FS) ................................................................ 6 2410.0335 Shelter Costs Disregard (FS) ................................................................................ 7 2410.0336 Shelter Costs Included (FS) .................................................................................. 8 2410.0337 Verification of Shelter Costs (FS) .......................................................................... 8 2410.0344 Standard Utility Allowance (FS) ............................................................................ 8 2410.0345 Basic Utility Allowance (FS) .................................................................................. 9 2410.0346 Telephone Standard (FS) ...................................................................................... 9 2410.0347 Expectation of Utility Expenses (FS) ..................................................................... 9 2410.0348 Changes between Different Utility Allowances (FS) ............................................. 9 2410.0349 Multiple Assistance Groups Sharing Utilities (FS) ................................................ 9 2410.0350 Separate Residences Sharing One Utility Meter (FS) ........................................ 10 2410.0351 Verification of Utility Expenses (FS) .................................................................... 10 2410.0352 Homeless Income Deduction (FS) ...................................................................... 10 2410.0353 Excess Medical Expenses (FS) .......................................................................... 10 2410.0354 Medical Expenses-Group Home Residents (FS) ................................................ 12 2410.0355 Allowable Medical Expenses (FS) ....................................................................... 12 2410.0356 $35 Medical Disregard (FS) ................................................................................ 12 2410.0357 Normally Recurring Medical Expenses (FS) ....................................................... 13 2410.0358 Fluctuating Medical Expenses (FS) .................................................................... 14 2410.0359 Amounts of Medical Expenses Carried Forward/Changes (FS) ......................... 14 2410.0360 One-Time Medical Expense (FS) ........................................................................ 14 2410.0361 Loans for Medical Expenses (FS) ....................................................................... 14