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Page | 164 circumstances may be considered destitute and entitled to expedited service and special income calculation procedures.

Households other than migrant or seasonal farmworker households cannot be classified as destitute.

A. A household is considered to be destitute when the household's only income for the month of application was received before the date of application and was from a terminated source. A household may have lost its only source of income because of layoffs, or they received their last wages from a grower. Households in these or similar circumstances may be without income for some time and unable to wait as long as 30 days for food assistance.

Income received monthly or more frequently is considered to be coming from a terminated source if it will not be received from the same source during the remainder of the month in which the application is filed or in the following month.

For households whose income is received in intervals of more than a month, the income must be considered as coming from a terminated source if it will not be received in the month in which the next payment is normally due. For example: if income is received quarterly (that is, January 1, April 1, July 1, October 1) and the household applies in mid-January, the income would be considered as coming from a terminated source if no income is anticipated to be received in April.

B. Households whose only income for the month of application is from a new source are considered to be destitute. These households are entitled to expedited service if by the 10th calendar day from the date the household files its application or by the end of the month, if sooner, the income received from the new source totals $25 or less. These households may expect to receive income from a new job or may, for example, have applied for, but have not yet received TANF, Reemployment Assistance compensation benefits, SSI, and/or social security benefits. These households may be without income from the new source for several weeks and unable to meet their current food needs.

Income normally received monthly or more often is considered to be from a new source of income of more than $25 has not been received from that source within 30 days before the date the application was filed.

Income normally received less often than monthly (such as quarterly and once every two months) is considered to be from a new source of income of more than $25 was not received within the last normal interval between payments. For example: Mr. A applies on January 2. He just started a new job January 1 and expects to be paid once every three months beginning January 15. The income will be considered from a new source if it was not received in the previous quarter which began October 1.

C. Households are considered destitute which receive income both from a terminated source before the date of application and from a new source after the date of application, if: 1. No other income is received in the month the application is filed; and 2. Income from the new source will not exceed $25 by the 10th day from the application file date or by the end of the month if less than 10 days are left in the month.

8704.1 Calculating Benefits for Destitute Households Applications from destitute households which meet all other eligibility criteria must be processed on an expedited basis. For destitute households only the income received between the first day of the month and the date the applications was filed is used for purposes of the gross and/or net income