2100.7.3.5 Income
Determine a Destitute migrant or seasonal farmworker household’s eligibility and benefits for the month of application using all sources of income received between the first of the month and the date of application. Disregard income from a new source that will be received after the date of application.
Exclude General Assistance (GA) vendor payments for Emergency Assistance including but not limited to housing and transportation payments for migrant or seasonal farmworkers households while they are in the job stream.
Exclude reimbursements for travel expenses incurred by migrant or seasonal farmworkers. Count travel expense advances included in a written work agreement or statement that will be subtracted later from the farmworker’s income.
Budget the household’s income for the period the income is intended to cover.
Note : Exclude a child’s earnings . If the child’s earnings cannot be identified separately from the rest of the household’s earnings, divide the total earnings by the number of members that work, and exclude the child’s share of the income.
Do not average contract or self-employment income over a 12-month period even when the migrant or farmworker’s annual income is earned over a shorter period of time.