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DEPARTMENT FOR AGING AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES AUXILIARY GRANT PROGRAM SSI RECIPIENTS’ ELIGIBILITY 11/18 CHAPTER D, PAGE 5 Note: All cases in which earned income is counted in determining the SSI payment will be evaluated as fluctuating income. The verification period for fluctuating income will be the three months prior to the month of application/redetermination. 5.1.2. Discrepancies If the amount of income reported by the individual differs from that shown in SVES, the amounts in SVES must be used. Advise the individual to report any income changes to SSI. Adjustments to the SSI payments will be reflected as they occur or at the point the AG payments are reconciled. See Reconciling Payments in Chapter J - 7. 5.2. Projection Of Income Actual income received in the verification period is averaged to determine the projected monthly countable income. That figure will be used as the amount projected to be received for each of the next four months. Note: The actual income is not converted to a monthly figure based on 4.3 weeks.

6. Income Exclusions When SSI computes the countable income for SSI eligibility, all of the federal income exclusions allowed by SSI policy are deducted. The income exclusions do not have to be recomputed for AG because the net amounts of earned and unearned income are used to compute the AG payment. However, four additional state income exclusions are permitted by the AG Manual. If applicable, these exclusions are deducted from the individual’s total countable income and the result is used in determining the AG payment amount.