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Nevada Division of Welfare and Supportive Services Energy Assistance Program Manual 2. Seasonal employment - Available only during certain months of the year and recurs each year.

Examples: School-related employment, certain types of farm work, sharecroppers, and summer or winter employment. Prorate seasonal employment that is a household’s annual means of support over twelve (12) months. If the income supports only a portion of the year and the household supplements its earnings from other sources the rest of the year, average the earnings over the period of time they are intended to cover. Example: A bus driver has a contract with the school district to drive for two or more school years. The contract has a set amount of wages for each year. The set amount is not contingent on the number of hours worked. This is considered seasonal contractual earnings because the driver only works for part of the year. II. Monthly Budgeting of Contractual and Seasonal Earnings 1. To budget contractual and seasonal earnings monthly: a) divide the total gross amount of earnings provided in the contract by the number of months the contract covers or by 12 months, whichever is applicable. b) compute the total work-related expense deductions for the number of months actually worked. Then divide this amount by the number of months over which they will be prorated. c) subtract the results in item 2 from the result in item 1. d) add this amount to any other income, and continue to determine eligibility. 2. If the income is not received as stipulated in the contract or labor disputes interrupt income, do not apply steps 1 through 4. If the employment situation changes: a) re-compute the income and adjust the benefits; and b) document all the facts that caused the re-computation. III. Income Covers Period of Time Beyond 30 days When income covers work performed over a period exceeding thirty (30) days, e.g., contract employment or seasonal work, etc., divide the gross income by the period of time it is intended to cover to obtain a weekly or monthly amount and project according to the appropriate conversion methodology as reflected in Chapter 8. IV. Inconclusive 30-day Income

If income fluctuates to the extent that a 30-day period does not provide an accurate indication of anticipated income, up to a 12-month history may be used to project income for the benefit year. If the year-to-date income is significantly higher than the 60-day, 90-day, or 12-month history, the averaged year-to-date income or the IRS tax return for the previous year is used to project income for the benefit year. MTL 01/24 June 25, 2024 - 15 - Section 700 – Income