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Chapter: 2400 Budgeting Income Program: FS 3 AGs whose only income is from a terminated source are considered destitute and must be provided expedited service if they also meet destitute asset criteria for expedited service. Refer to Chapter 600. 2410.0214.03 Earned Income from a New Source (FS) Migrant or seasonal farm worker households whose only income for the month of application is from a new source will be considered destitute and provided expedited services. Income is considered to be from a new source if no more than $25 has been received from that source within 30 days prior to the date of application or by the tenth calendar day after the date of application.

Income also is from a new source if it is received less often than monthly and no more than $25 has been received from the source within the last normal interval of payments. For example, if the AG applies early in January and is expecting to be paid every three months starting in late January, the income is from a new source if no more than $25 was received from the source during the preceding October or up until the date of application.

AGs whose only income is from a new source are considered destitute and must be provided expedited service if they also meet destitute asset criteria for expedited service. Refer to Chapter 600. 2410.0214.04 Earned Income from Terminated Sources and New Sources (FS) Migrant and seasonal farm worker households at times receive income from both a terminated source prior to the date of application and from a new source subsequent to the date of application. They will still be considered destitute if they receive no other income in the month of application and no more than $25 will be received from the new source by the 10th day after the date of application.

AGs whose only income is from both a terminated source and a new source are considered destitute and must be provided expedited service if they also meet destitute asset criteria for expedited service. Refer to Chapter 600. 2410.0214.05 Changing Jobs/Destitute Households (FS) An individual who changes jobs but continues to work for the same employer will be considered as receiving income from the same source. A migrant farm worker’s source of income will be considered the grower for whom the migrant is working at the particular time and not the crew chief. As the migrant moves from one grower to another with the same crew chief, the migrant will be considered to have moved from a terminated income source to a new income source. 2410.0216.01 Special Budgeting Procedures for Destitute AGs (FS) The following passages include special budgeting procedures for destitute food stamp AGs. 2410.0216.02 Month of Application (FS) The eligibility and benefits of destitute AGs for the month of application will be based only on that income which is received from the first of the month through the date of application. Any income which is anticipated from a new source after the date of application must be disregarded in the budget for the month of application. This income must be budgeted beginning the subsequent month. 2410.0216.03 Travel Advances for Destitute AGs (FS) Monies advanced by the employer to cover new employees’ costs of traveling to the location of their employment will be excluded in the determination of destitute status to the extent that this money is excluded as reimbursements. Wage advances covered by contract are counted as income. However, they are excluded from the determination of destitute status.