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Vol 020-Revisions 11.01.13 1. Manual Section 2.1.7 Section has been revised to show an example on how unusual pay amounts should be calculated when determining an applicant’s gross monthly income. Also removed the definition of employment out of this section that discusses income. Employment definition is already in Section 2.2.3. 2. Manual Section 2.1.9 Section has been updated to change the name of the Income Exclusion listed under letter ‘M’ from Special Service Supplemental Benefits for Adoption to Adoption Subsidy. 3. Manual Section 2.2.3 Section has been revised to state that substitute teaching, along with other as needed job employment or job assignments, are not considered employment unless they are long- term placements. 4. Manual Section 2.2.4 Section has been revised to clarify that when verifying employment, paystubs showing employment for 30 consecutive days are preferred. However, if the applicant submits paystubs covering less than 30 days, and there is a year-to-date amount included on the paystubs, the year-to-date amount may be used to calculate gross monthly income. 5. Manual Section 2.2.5 Section has been updated to reflect that post- secondary institutions have criteria to determine if a student based on their registration is considered a full or part-time student. 6. Manual Section 2.6 Any references to CJU have been changed to CERCU. Also, verbiage was added to indicate that child care can be approved for five weeks in order for a client to cure an FI sanction. 7. Manual Section 2.6.2 Effective October 1, 2013, the number of weeks approved for ACC/JUMMP child care changed from seven to six weeks. 8. Manual Section 2.6.3 Revised to indicate JUMMP contractors can send the DSS 1027 directly to the child care eligibility unit via SCOSA when child care continues to be needed. 9. Manual Section 2.6.4 Item B has been updated to reflect how to determine child care start date for TCC/JUMMP child care in those rare cases in which the FI benefit was denied for income from the job found by JUMMP. 10. Manual Section 2.7 No new policy, just clarifies that a TCC client that becomes temporary disabled due to pregnancy, injury, etc. and unable