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FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES CERTIFICATION INCOME AND RESOURCES FNS 315 SPECIAL BUDGETING
1 Section 315 Change #01-2022 January 11, 2022 FNS 315 SPECIAL BUDGETING Change 01-2022 January 11, 2022
315.01 AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION SERVICE (ASCS) CASH PAYMENTS A. The ASCS provides payments for crop losses. These include, but are not limited to, Commodity Credit Corporation and acreage reduction and conservation payments. These payments may be one-time payments or installment payments. Such payments are counted as earned self- employment income except when provided as a loan. Farm loans are excluded from income. B. If ASCS payments are the result of a Presidential declared disaster or emergency, they are excluded from income and resources in accordance with the Disaster Relief Act of 1974 as amended. 315.02 ALIEN SPONSORS A. Calculation of income is dependent on when the sponsor signed or re-signed the affidavit of support. Count as unearned income the full amount of countable income for the sponsor and his spouse (if living together) if the affidavit was signed on or after December 19, 1997. Continue to count this income until whichever of the earliest occurs: 1. The alien becomes a citizen; or 2. The alien has worked or can be credited with 40 qualifying quarters of social security coverage. Beginning January 1, 1997, a quarter in which the wage earner received federal means-tested assistance (Work First Family Assistance [WFFA], Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) benefits, Medicaid, North Carolina Health Choice, or Supplemental Security Income [SSI]) is not counted as a qualifying quarter; or 3. The alien sponsor dies. B. If the sponsor has signed an affidavit for more than one alien, prorate the sponsor’s income among the sponsored aliens. C. If the affidavit of support was signed or re-signed on or after December 19, 1997, deem the income of the sponsor and spouse for three years from the date signed or re-signed as follows. 1. Determine the total monthly countable earned income of the sponsor and spouse. Allow the earned income deduction of 20%. Add the calculated