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Division/Section Family Support Chapter No./Name 4 - Economic Stability (ES) Part No./Name C - Case Processing Section No./Name C-900-FITAP-SNAP Issuing Benefits Document No./Name C-920-FITAP Benefit Amount Effective Date January 6, 2022

1 of 2 I. STATEMENT OF POLICY

The amount of benefits is based on assistance unit size and countable income.

Prorated benefits are paid from the date of application unless the case was closed in error.

● If the prorated budgetary deficit is $.01 through $9.99, no benefits are paid.

● If the prorated budgetary deficit is $10 or more, the benefit amount is the prorated budgetary deficit rounded down to the nearest dollar.

*** * Refer to C-840-FITAP, section C-841 for benefit issuance when adding a person to an existing grant.

II. PROCEDURES

LITE will determine ** the budgetary deficit by subtracting countable earned plus countable unearned income from the appropriate FITAP flat grant amount. *** * The benefit amount will be determined by rounding down the full budgetary deficit or the prorated budgetary deficit amount.

● If the full budgetary deficit is $.01 through $9.99, no benefits are paid.

● If the full budgetary deficit is $10.00 or more, the benefit amount is the budgetary deficit rounded down to the nearest dollar.

C-921-FITAP - PR COMPUTING THE PRORATED BUDGETARY DEFICIT

If the budgetary deficit is not a whole dollar amount, LITE will use the following formula to compute the prorated budgetary deficit:

(Prior to rounding down)

Amount of budgetary deficit X (31 - Date of Application)

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Example: On October 8th, Mrs. Jones applies for FITAP for herself and her three minor children. She has countable unearned income of $174.35.

Mrs. Jones meets the eligibility test. Her October benefit amount is computed as follows:

Flat Grant (4)

$568.00 Less Countable Income - 174.35 Budgetary Deficit = $393.65