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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 4

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page ii Chapter 4 Income

4.4.2.C.1 Standard Utility Allowance (SUA) .................................................................76 4.4.3 DETERMINING ELIGIBILTY AND BENEFIT LEVEL ...............................................81 4.4.3.A Determining Eligibility .......................................................................................81 4.4.3.B Determining Countable Income ........................................................................82 4.4.3.C Determining the Amount of the Benefit .............................................................84 4.4.4 SPECIAL SITUATIONS ...........................................................................................84 4.4.4.A Categorical Eligibility ........................................................................................84 4.4.4.B Expedited Service ............................................................................................85 4.4.4.C Destitute AGs ...................................................................................................85 4.4.4.C.1 Definition of Destitute ...................................................................................85 4.4.4.C.2 Determination of Destitute ............................................................................86 4.4.4.C.3 Special Income Calculations ........................................................................86 4.4.4.D Income from Self-Employment .........................................................................86 4.4.4.D.1 Determining Gross Income ...........................................................................87 4.4.4.D.2 Determining Gross Profit ..............................................................................88 4.4.4.E Migrant Farm Laborers with Seasonal Employment .........................................91 4.4.4.F Annual Contract Employment ...........................................................................91 4.4.4.G Educational Income ..........................................................................................92 4.4.4.H Deeming ...........................................................................................................92 4.4.4.H.1 Deeming from Disqualified and Ineligible Individuals ....................................92 4.4.4.H.2 Failure to Comply with WV WORKS Requirements ......................................94 4.4.4.I Strikers ................................................................................................................96 4.4.4.I.1 Definition of a Striker.....................................................................................96 4.4.4.I.2 Determining Striker Eligibility ........................................................................96 4.4.4.I.3 Who Is Not a Striker? ....................................................................................97 4.4.4.I.4 Striker Criteria ...............................................................................................97 4.4.4.I.5 Determining Current Eligibility .......................................................................99 4.4.4.J Irregular Income ...............................................................................................99 4.4.4.K Lump-Sum Payments .......................................................................................99