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income test in MAVERICS. Regardless of whether the income is earned or unearned, show the amount up to the prorata share of the need standard on the Unearned Income (UNIN) screen for the relative with a type code of OA. Work the case in the system as far as the gross income test. Print the UNIN screen and the gross income determination (AFGI) screen. If the MAVERICS case fails on the gross income test, the relative cannot be included in the budget group, and he must be coded OUT in the TANF program in the system. If the MAVERICS case is eligible on the gross income test and if the relative has earned income which was included in the surplus from the second trial budget, the worker must manually apply the disregard to the relative s earned income. The income remaining after the application of the disregard must then be entered in the MAVERICS case. On the UNIN screen, the worker should change the amount of the income previously considered in the gross income test to the amount remaining after the application of the disregard, and then work the case in MAVERICS to determine the amount of the benefit for the relative and the assistance children. This step is necessary because when a trial budget has been worked to determine the income to be considered available to the relative, the employment expenses will have been deducted from gross income for the trial budgets, and any disregard should be applied to the surplus from the trial budget.

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If the worker simply entered the relative s income as earned income, the system would deduct $90 work expenses the second time. 4. File the test budgets, including the UNIN and AFGI screen prints, in the TANF case record. Documentation, rather than a trial budget, is permissible when a sight review shows that the income of a single individual is less than his needs. WHEN RECEIPT OF SSI IS INVOLVED When a potential TANF or refugee budget member is applying for SSI, refer to Chapter 7, Special Procedures, and follow the required procedures. When one parent is receiving SSI and the other parent is not receiving SSI or not included as a spouse converted to SSI in 1974, include the income of the non-SSI parent in the TANF or refugee budget along with his requirements. Do this even when SSI has deemed all or part of this parent s income to the SSI beneficiary. For cases including only children receiving SSI, the income and resources of the SSI child(ren) will be totally disregarded. The system will disregard this income and resources when the participation code is SS. WHEN WORKING PARENT TEMPORARILY OUT OF HOME MISSISSIPPI BUDGETARY PROCESS:SPECIAL BUDGETING PROCEDURES

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