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3445.55.00 BENEFIT CALCULATION WITH INCOME FROM SPONSORS (S)

If an alien is sponsored by an individual rather than an organization, a portion of the sponsor' income is available to meet the needs of the alien.

Note: The income and resources of a sponsored alien child or a citizen child under 18 years of age are not counted.

The monthly income considered available to the alien from the sponsor (and the sponsor's spouse) is determined according to the following standard:

Sponsor + spouse’s total gross earned income = $________________ Earned income deduction

-___(20%)_________ Countable earned income = $________________ Sponsor + spouse’s total unearned income = $________________ Total of countable earned and unearned income

=

$________________ Gross income limit for sponsor’s household size (sponsor, sponsor’s spouse & tax dependents)

-_________________ Total unearned deemed income from sponsor

$________________

NOTE: Total deemed income from sponsor is divided by the number of this sponsor's sponsored aliens in SNAP recipient AGs and the result attributed to each AG. No changes in this attributed income are needed unless/until recertification, the alien's sponsor changes, or the sponsor dies. (f27) 3445.60.00 NO SNAP INCREASE WHEN TANF DECREASED DUE TO NON- COOPERATION (S)

SNAP will not be increased when failure to comply with public assistance programs requirements results in a decrease of the public assistance payment for the AG if the noncompliance involves an IV-D, Voluntary Quit or Fiscal penalty. (f27a) Currently only SSI and TANF benefits fall under this definition.

This rule only applies to Assistance Groups (AG) that are authorized to receive benefits at a reduced level due to non-cooperation with TANF or SSI as determined by these programs. This policy will be applied when TANF clients are sanctioned or disqualified for IMPACT, IV-D, Intentional Program Violations and when fiscal penalties are applied to the TANF AG. It does not apply in situations where an AG does not meet program requirements. For example, reduced benefits due to the 24-month time limit, or new alien requirements would not be considered non-compliance.

If a TANF AG is approved with a fiscal penalty or an individual member is sanctioned for any month, the SNAP benefits for the AG will be calculated with the full TANF amount before the sanction or fiscal penalty is deducted. The Eligibility System will have to recalculate the TANF grant