400.12.04B ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL OR COUPLE AND ELIGIBLE CHILD OR CHILDREN APPLY

Use the “Eligible Individual and Eligible Couple” budget to determine eligibility for the parent(s), just as if no children were involved. If the individual/parent or couple/parents are eligible, there is no income to deem to the eligible child or children. Each child’s eligibility is then determined using the child’s own income, if any. If the individual/parent or couple/parents are not eligible based on income, the parent(s) income can be used to allocate to any “ineligible” child or children in the home to further reduce the parent(s) deemable income. After allocating, the following applies: • Liberalized policy – the excess income that exceeds the FPL for an individual or couple is the income that is deemed to the eligible child or children; or • SSI policy – income that is the difference between the FBR and the individual or couple’s net countable income is the income to be deemed to the eligible child or children. If there are multiple eligible children, divide the deemed income by the number of eligible children. Each child’s eligibility is determined using the child’s own income plus each child’s share of deemed income (treated as unearned income to the child) to determine the child’s own eligibility based on income.