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3) Earnings from employment of a child under the age of 18, unless emancipated;

4) Infrequent income- if an individual receives it only once during a calendar year from a single source and the individual did not receive that type of income in the month immediately before that month or in the month immediately following that month (Examples of this would also be repayment of personal loans, etc.);

5) Reimbursement for business or medical expenses;

6) Payments made by others on behalf of household, unless payments were directly received by household;

7) Benefits received that must be excluded by federal law or incentives paid by TANF or Workforce Investment, earnings and allowances paid under Title IV-A, benefits received under Title VII, HUD, and educational grants;

8) Child support;

9) Payments made to the household for the care of a foster child;

10) Adoption assistance payments; and

11) Refunds such as energy refunds, income tax refunds and EITC, insurance refunds, etc.

E. Earned income is income that is received from wages or self-employment income and shall be used in determining eligibility. Computation of the monthly income shall be done by one (1) of the following methods, depending upon the frequency:

1) Regular Income- Frequency does not change from week to week, or month to month.

a. Weekly: The four most recent consecutive paycheck stubs covering the four-week period prior to application, or the signed/dated statement from the employer.

To calculate: Sum the weekly gross earnings; Divide by 4, then multiply by 4.3333 to determine the monthly amount. Multiply the monthly amount by 12 to get the annual income.

Example: WK1 through WK4: ($412+ 436+ 485+ 520)/4 * 4.333 *12 Monthly: $2,007.26* 12 = Annual income: $24,087.15