Definitions D–E

(a) “Date of application” means the date on which a signed application for assistance is received by the department.

(b) “Deemed income” means income which is considered available for use regardless of actual receipt.

(c) “Deemed resources” means that real and personal property that is considered to be available to the AG whether or not the property is owned by a member of the AG.

(e) “Dependent child” means a child as described in RSA 167:6, V.

(f) “Deprivation” means the interruption or termination of one or both parent's function as a provider of maintenance, physical care, and guidance for the child due to death, continued absence, unemployment, or physical or mental incapacity.

(g) “Desk review” means verification of a reported or discovered change in an eligibility factor or case circumstance and the resultant adjustments to case eligibility or benefits, if any.

(h) “Disregard” means an amount subtracted from an individual or total combined AG income and is not counted in the determination of eligibility or the amount of assistance.

( i ) “Documentary evidence” means written supportive information which authenticates and confirms that certain conditions or circumstances upon which good cause is predicated do, in fact, exist.

(j) “Earned income” means a monetary source or in-kind benefits received as payment for work performed either as an employee, through the receipt of wages, salaries, tips, or commissions, or as a self-employed individual.

(k) “Earned income disregard (EID)” means an amount which is computed and subtracted from earned income.

(l) “Earned income-in-kind” means compensation received for work performed in place of or as a supplement to wages, salary, commissions, profit or payment in cash, or otherwise received as the result of work performed, either employed by another or self-employed.

(m) “Effective income level” means effective income level as defined in 42 CFR 435.4.

(n) “Electronic account” means electronic account as defined in 42 CFR 435.4.

(o) “Eligibility determination” means an eligibility determination as defined in 42 CFR 435.4.

(p) “Employment expense disregard (EED)” means an amount subtracted from earned income, which represents a flat monthly amount or actual expenses, which are reasonably attributable to the earning of income.

(q) “Employment-related disregards” means the EED, the child or dependent care disregard, and the EID.

(r) “Equity value” means the current redemption rate or fair market value of a resource, less any financial claims against the resource.

(s) “Excluded income” means specific types of income which are not counted in the determination of eligibility or the level of eligibility.

(t) “Excluded resources” means real or personal property which is not counted in determining eligibility.

Source. #13836, eff 12-28-23