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Minnesota Family Investment Program Minnesota House Research Department Page 5 MFIP Monthly Income Standards (Effective October 1, 2024) Family Size Transitional Standard Family Wage Level 1 $661 $727 2 1,087 1,196 3 1,394 1,533 4 1,675 1,843 5 1,933 2,126 6 2,238 2,462 7 2,435 2,679 8 2,695 2,965 9 2,951 3,246 10 3,201 3,521 over 10 add $249 for each additional member add $274 for each additional member

$50 Subsidized Housing Provision MFIP families who receive rental housing assistance through the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (e.g., Section 8 assistance) have up to $50 of the housing subsidy amount counted as unearned income when the family’s MFIP benefit is calculated (Minn. Stat. § 142G.31, subd. 6). The following families are permanently exempt from the $50 housing provision:  families where the caregiver is exempt from MFIP work requirements because the person is age 60 or over, or is certified to be ill, injured, or incapacitated  families where the caregiver is exempt from MFIP work requirements because the person is needed in the home to care for a disabled or ill household member  families where the parental caregiver receives federal Supplemental Security Income benefits For an ongoing participant to continue to be eligible for MFIP, the county calculates net family income as follows. When calculating a family’s net income, a percentage of a participant’s gross income is disregarded. The earned income disregard is equal to the first $65 of earned income plus one- half of remaining earned income. A new spouse to a caregiver in an existing assistance unit or the spouse designated by the newly married couple when both spouses were already members of an assistance unit, is exempt from having his or her income count toward the income of the assistance unit for 12