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3. Ineligibility Procedure ....................................................................................................................... 127 4. Cash Benefits Terminated Due to CSSD......................................................................................... 127 5. Reinstatement Procedures .............................................................................................................. 128 8.9 Self-Employment ............................................................................................................................... 128 1. Income Received Less Often than Monthly ..................................................................................... 128 2. Income Intended to Cover Less than One Year .............................................................................. 128 3. Capital Gains ................................................................................................................................... 128 4. New Business – Less than a Year ................................................................................................... 128 5. Budgeting Net Income/Self-Employment ......................................................................................... 128 6. Allowable Self-Employment Costs ................................................................................................... 128 7. Non-Allowable Self-Employment Costs ........................................................................................... 129 8. Self-Employment Income from Boarders/Roomers ......................................................................... 129 8.10 Treatment of Minor Parent Cases ................................................................................................. 129 1. Living Arrangement of Minor Parent ................................................................................................ 130 2. Budgeting Income for the Minor Parent ........................................................................................... 130 3. Special Minor Parent Budgeting Procedures ................................................................................... 131 8.11 Child Support Deduction ................................................................................................................ 131 1. Budgeting Child Support .................................................................................................................. 131 2. BG with No Income .......................................................................................................................... 131 8.12 Earned Income Disregards ............................................................................................................ 131 1. Fifty Percent Disregard .................................................................................................................... 131 2. Benefits Less than $10 .................................................................................................................... 132 3. Disqualified or Sanctioned Individuals ............................................................................................. 132 4. $100 Disregard ............................................................................................................................... 132 5. Option to Refuse Disregard ............................................................................................................. 132 6. Receipt In Another State .................................................................................................................. 132 8.13 Income Treatment for Disqualified /Sanctioned Individuals ...................................................... 132 8.14 CHIP Calculation ............................................................................................................................. 132 1. Proration of Initial Month .................................................................................................................. 133 2. Manual Proration Calculation ........................................................................................................... 133 8.15 Need Standard Table ...................................................................................................................... 133 8.16 Manual Benefit Calculation ............................................................................................................ 134 CHAPTER 9 REDETERMINATIONS AND CHANGES 135 9.1 Definition/Redeterminations ............................................................................................................ 135 9.2 Redetermination Process ................................................................................................................. 135 Annual Redetermination Actions ......................................................................................................... 135 9.3 Authorized Representative .............................................................................................................. 136 9.4 Failure to Comply with Interview ..................................................................................................... 136 9.5 Review of Good Cause Domestic/Family Violence Waiver at Redetermination ......................... 136 9.6 Change of Payee ............................................................................................................................... 137 Change of Payee – Emergency Non-Relative ..................................................................................... 137 9.7 Reporting Changes ........................................................................................................................... 138 1. Changes Which Must be Reported ................................................................................................. 138 2. Acting on Changes .......................................................................................................................... 138 3. Definition/Mass Changes ................................................................................................................ 139 4. Verification at Redetermination ...................................................................................................... 139 9.8 Notification Requirements ............................................................................................................... 139 1. Timely Notice .................................................................................................................................. 140 2. Adequate Notice ............................................................................................................................. 140 9.9 Reinstatement Situations ................................................................................................................. 141 CHAPTER 10 BENEFIT TIME LIMITS 143