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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 18

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 122 Chapter 18 WV WORKS Activities/Requirements

Step 4: Add Child Support Incentive (CSI) and pass-through payment to the result of Step 3. Step 5: Subtract the amount of current child support retained for the month by the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement (BCSE) from the result of Step 4. Only current support payments are subtracted, not arrearages or other payments. Use the amount of child support retained by BCSE two months prior to the month for which the obligation is calculated. Step 6: Divide the result of Step 5 by the federal or state minimum wage, whichever is higher. This is the client’s maximum monthly obligation. The resulting figure is rounded down to the nearest whole number. Determining Hours of Participation Example 1: The household consists of Mr. and Mrs. Rhododendron and their two children. Mrs. Rhododendron receives Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and she is not included in the WV WORKS AG. When determining Mr. Rhododendron’s CWEP obligation, Mrs. Rhododendron’s portion of the SNAP allotment is not included. The family’s total SNAP allotment is divided by the number of people in the SNAP AG and this amount is multiplied by the number of people in the WV WORKS AG. Drop all cents, and this amount is what is used to determine Mr. Rhododendron’s CWEP obligation. $640.00 Rhododendron family’s SNAP allotment ÷ 4 Number of people in the SNAP AG $160.00 Individual SNAP allotment x3 Number of people in the WV WORKS AG $480.00 SNAP amount used to determine Mr. Smith’s CWEP obligation Add the AG’s monthly benefits of: $374 WV WORKS Benefit +$480 SNAP Benefit Used $854 ÷ $8.75 97.6 hours = 97 core participation obligation hours