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181 In calculating net monthly income, the Agency will not round at any step of the SNAP calculation. (2) Eligibility

(A) Households which contain an elderly or disabled member as defined in Section 14.10 Definition of Elderly or Disabled, will have their net income, as calculated in Section 13.6 Calculating Net Income and Benefit Levels (1) Net monthly income (except for households considered destitute in accordance with Section 13.7 Destitute Households), compared to the monthly income eligibility standards below for the appropriate household size to determine eligibility for the month. (B) In addition to meeting the net income eligibility standards, households which do not contain an elderly or disabled member will have their gross income, as calculated in accordance with paragraph Section 13.6 Calculating Net Income and Benefit Levels (1) Net monthly income (A), compared to the gross monthly income standards defined below for the appropriate household size to determine eligibility for the month.

(C) For households considered destitute in accordance with Section 13.7 Destitute Households, the Agency will determine a household's eligibility by computing its gross and net income according to Section 13.6 Calculating Net income and Benefit Levels (1) Net monthly income, and comparing, as appropriate, the gross and/or net income to the corresponding income eligibility standard in accordance with 13.6 Calculating Net income and Benefit Levels (2) Eligibility.

(D) If a household contains a member who is fifty-nine years old on the date of application, but who will become sixty before the end of the month of application, the Agency will determine the household's eligibility in accordance with Section 13.6 Calculating Net Income and Benefit Levels (2) Eligibility (A).

Household size Gross Monthly Income Eligibility Standards (130 percent of poverty level) Net Monthly Income Eligibility Standards (100 percent of poverty level) 1 $1696 $1305 2 $2292 $1763 3 $2888 $2221 4 $3483 $2680 5 $4079 $3138 6 $4675 $3596 7 $5271 $4055 8 $5867 $4513 Each additional member $596 $459