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If the family is determined to be otherwise eligible according to policy, assistance must be approved without delay. Child support received from non- custodial parents during the application processing stage, less the first $100 of total support received, or expected to be received, will be considered as income to the A.U. for any payment made to the family for a period prior to case approval. The disregard of the first $100 of child support is also applicable to support received, or expected to be received, from a putative father during the application processing stage. Additionally, this disregard will be applied to support from the putative father subsequent to case approval until the recipient redirects such support to the Division of Child Support Enforcement.

A. Absent Parent or Acknowledged Father

Determine the amount of support received from the non-custodial parent.

1. Subtract the first $100 from the total child support received to determine net support.

2. If net support when added to other countable income is sufficient to meet the total needs of the assistance unit, eligibility does not exist.

3. If such support when added to other countable income, is insufficient to meet total needs of the assistance unit, the budget will be computed showing total needs minus other countable income. The support received will not be counted as income after case approval. The applicant/recipient must be advised that all future support received must be forwarded to Support Enforcement. See 305.4.E.2. for exceptions.

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