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Child Care Assistance Program Policy Manual Issued 02/2023 Annualizing income 6.15 Alternatively, the worker could enter the following information into MEC2: • Payment Frequency: Weekly (parent receives payment weekly) • Income Projection Amount: $12 • Income Projection Payment Frequency: Hourly • Income Projection Hours per Week: 28 (average of 30 and 26) The worker and parent determined that using all the pay stubs did not provide an accurate assessment of income available to the family; therefore, it is recommended that the worker include a case note identifying why all the verifications provided were not used and how the individual income components entered into MEC2 were calculated. An example of a case note follows.

Case note example Based on discussions with the parent, it was determined the most accurate assessment of income available to the family should be the average of the data from pay periods three and four. Worker used this information to determine the income components entered into MEC2. Income Projection Amount: $336 (average of $312 and $360 from pay periods three and four), Income Projection Hours per Week: 28 (average of 30 and 26 from pay periods three and four). Legal authority Minnesota Statutes 119B.09 Minnesota Rule 3400.0170 Minnesota Statutes 119B.011