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8 8.20 Additional Three-Month Eligibility ..................................................................... 115 8.21 Good Cause for Not Meeting ABAWD Work Requirement ............................... 115 8.22 ABAWD Discretionary Exemptions .................................................................... 115 (1) How the discretionary exemptions will be used ............................................. 116 (2) Tracking the use of the discretionary exemptions ......................................... 116 (3) Use of more exemptions than allotted ............................................................. 116 8.23 Benefits Received Erroneously by an ABAWD .................................................. 116 Chapter 9 SNAP Employment and Training (E &T) Program .................................... 117 9.1 The SNAP Employment and Training (E&T) Program ........................................... 117 9.2 Referrals to the SNAP Employment and Training (E&T) Program ........................ 118 9.3 Job Duties of the SNAP Employment and Traing (E&T) Coordinator ................... 118 9.4 SNAP Employment and Training (E&T) Program Components ............................. 119 9.5 Reimbursement Funds for Employment and Training (E&T) Program Participants ........................................................................................................................................ 125 9.6 Record Keeping for the Employment and Training (E&T) Program ..................... 126 Chapter 10 Resource Eligibility Standards ................................................................... 127 Chapter 11 Income ................................................................................................................ 128 11.1 Income Eligibility Standards ................................................................................ 128 (1) Gross income eligibility standards .................................................................. 128 (2) Net income eligibility standards ...................................................................... 128 11.2 Definition of Income ............................................................................................ 129 11.3 Earned Income ...................................................................................................... 129 11.4 Self-Employment Income .................................................................................... 137 (1) Treatment of self-employment income ............................................................ 137 (2) Determining self-employment income............................................................. 137 (3) Self-employment costs ...................................................................................... 140 11.5 Unearned Income ................................................................................................. 141 11.6 Income Exclusions ............................................................................................... 152 11.7 Educational Assistance ......................................................................................... 154 11.8 Federal Law Income Exclusions .......................................................................... 156 Chapter 12 Income Deductions ......................................................................................... 159 12.1 Income Deductions/General ................................................................................. 159 12.2 Standard Deduction .............................................................................................. 159 12.3 Earned Income Deduction .................................................................................... 160 12.4 Shelter Deduction ................................................................................................. 160 (1) Excess shelter deduction ................................................................................... 160 (2) Billed expenses ................................................................................................... 161 (3) Averaging shelter expenses .............................................................................. 161 (4) Allowed shelter costs ......................................................................................... 161 (5) Disallowed shelter costs .................................................................................... 162 12.5 Utility Allowances ................................................................................................ 163 (1) Utility allowances/General ............................................................................... 163 (2) Mandatory Utility Allowance (MUA) ............................................................. 163