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FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES CERTIFICATION INCOME AND RESOURCES FNS 315 SPECIAL BUDGETING

28 Section 315 Change #01-2022 January 11, 2022 effective the month of application/reapplication or in a non-certified month, do not count the WFFA payment amount when determining benefits. 2. If the WFFA payment is not released due to a sanction for noncompliance with Child Support, and the household is certified for FNS benefits at the time of noncompliance, the WFFA payment will continue to be counted in the FNS allotment for the full sanction period. Delete the payment the month after the WFFA payment terminates, providing the client has not reapplied and been reapproved. If the WFFA is terminated due to a sanction for noncompliance with Child Support effective the month of application/reapplication or in a non-certified month, do not count the WFFA payment amount when determining benefits. 3. If the WFFA payment is reduced due a penalty for Substance Abuse Treatment noncompliance during the certification period, continue to count the gross payment amount for the full penalty period. If a reduction penalty is in place at reapplication/recertification, determine if it is the same penalty or a new penalty. Continue to count the gross payment amount if it is the same penalty. If it is a new penalty, determine when the penalty was imposed. Budget the gross payment amount if the penalty was imposed while the case was certified to receive FNS benefits. If the penalty was imposed when the case was not certified for FNS benefits, count the actual payment. C. If a WFFA payment is reduced due to a client responsible overpayment, continue to count the gross amount of the WFFA payment as unearned income. NOTE: This does not include Benefit Diversion (BD), since BD is not countable income. 315.38 WORK FORCE INVESTMENT ACT (WIA) or WORK FORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT (WIOA) Earnings to recipient participating in WIA on-the-job training are counted as earned income except for youths, under age 19, who are under the parental control of an adult FNS unit member participating in the Summer Youth Employment Opportunities Program. Exclude other allowances, earnings, or payments (including reimbursements) to all individuals participating in other programs under WIA.