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TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP Note: When calculating monthly self-employment income either from business records/ledgers or Form 2011-EG, the net monthly self-employment income must be calculated using actual income received and expenses actually paid in that month. An expense claimed for the cost of inventory is only allowed in the month the inventory was actually purchased not in the month the inventory was used or sold. 757.7 Documentation Requirements (toc) Document • the method used to calculate budgetable self-employment income, • deductions for the costs of doing business, • the number of hours engaged in the enterprise, and • other factors used to determine the amount of income. 758 STRIKERS (toc) A striker is anyone who participates with one or more other employees in a work slow- down or stoppage. This includes a stoppage resulting from the expiration of a collective bargaining agreement. Individuals affected by a lock-out are not strikers. If circumstances deteriorate during the strike to the extent the individual loses his job (e.g., the company is forced out of business, permanent replacements are hired by the company, etc.), the individual will not be considered a striker. 758.1 Eligibility of Strikers (toc) The entire assistance unit is ineligible for TANF A household with a striker is ineligible for SNAP for any month in which the caretaker is unless the household participating in a strike on the last day of the month. • was eligible the day prior to the strike and • is still eligible. When a member of the assistance unit other than the natural/adoptive parent is Pre-Strike Eligibility participating in a strike on the last day of a month, that person is ineligible for assistance Use the income of all household members for that month and their needs are excluded (including the striker) as of the day before the strike. from the benefit grant. An overpayment is If the household is ineligible, deny/terminate the calculated when applicable. household. Note: When an individual begins striking, If the household was eligible before the strike, assume they will be on strike on the last day of compute current eligibility. Note: Eligible striker the month, and terminate or reduce benefits. If households will not receive an increased allotment it is determined they will not be on strike the as a result of a decrease in the household’s income last day of the month, benefits continue. due to the strike. A-757.6 INCOME Verification of Self Employment Division of Social Services Eligibility and Payments Manual 26 Jun 26 MTL 09/26