Clarifying Information - WAC 388-408-0060

For justice involved individual, reference the following Desk Aids: Program Options for Inmates (Staff use only) Desk Aid - Sentencing Alternatives – Offenders with Minor Children (Staff use only)

For information on ABD case processing, reference Aged, Blind, or Disabled Cash Assistance (ABD) | DSHS (wa.gov) in the ACES Manual.

Spouses who are homeless without housing are not considered to be living together for ABD. Therefore, they are each eligible to receive the one-person payment standard for ABD instead of splitting the two-person payment standard. ACES is programmed to do this correctly when spouses are coded homeless without housing (HO).

If an AU with a disabled adult is over income for TANF because of a child’s income, the disabled adult may be eligible for ABD cash. We don’t allocate the child’s income to the parent because the child isn’t financially responsible for the parent. See WAC 388-450-0100