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standard and earned by each qualifying student in the AG may be excluded. An individual is considered a qualifying student if they: • Reside in the household. • Are less than twenty-four (24) years of age; and • Earn the additional annual income while they are a student participating or pursuing one of the following: o Post-secondary degree o Workforce certificate o Pre-apprenticeship o Apprenticeship

Qualifying individuals will have 13 days to verify their participation and eligibility for the disregard. If verification is not received, the system will apply regular TANF budgeting rules without the disregard. 3450.30.05 DETERMINING STUDENT DISREGARD AMOUNT (C)

If the total income is less than the income standard for TANF, no disregard is applied. This allows the student to save the disregard for when it is needed.

If the total income exceeds the income standard for TANF, the excess earnings will be disregarded to allow the AG to remain eligible.

When an AG has the disregard applied, it will be re-evaluated monthly through an interface to determine the monthly income to be disregarded until the annual limit of $15000 is reached. 3450.35.05 BENEFIT CALCULATION (C)

If allocation from a parent is required, the calculations discussed in Section 3450.40.10 are used.

To determine benefit entitlement for Cash Assistance (after allocation from a parent if required): • Determine the total grant amount of the participating AG members; • Determine the amount of non-exempt gross earned, unearned, and deemed income; • Subtract applicable earned income deductions from gross income, including: o work expense disregard, o $30 and 1/3 disregard, and o incapacitated adult care expenses. • The result is the net countable income.

For new applications, if the adjusted net income equals or exceeds the adjusted needs, the assistance group is ineligible for TANF. If less, the benefits are determined by disregarding 75% of the gross earned income and applying 25%. The maximum benefit amounts are listed at 3050.10.00.