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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 4

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page iii Chapter 4 Income

4.4.4.L Withheld Income ............................................................................................ 100 4.4.4.L.1 From Earned Income .................................................................................. 100 4.4.4.L.2 From Unearned Income .............................................................................. 100 4.4.4.M Funds Diverted to a Plan to Achieve Self-Support (PASS) ............................. 102 4.4.4.N Unstated Income ............................................................................................ 102 4.4.4.O Unavailable Income ........................................................................................ 102 4.4.4.P Income Received for a Non-Income Group Member ....................................... 102 4.4.4.Q Income Received from Military Service Personnel Deployed to a Designated Combat Zone ................................................................................................................... 103 4.4.4.Q.1 Military Income Examples .......................................................................... 103

WV WORKS ................................................................................................................. 105 4.5.1 BUDGETING METHOD ......................................................................................... 105 4.5.1.A Methods for Reasonably Anticipating Income ................................................. 105 4.5.1.B Consideration of Past Income......................................................................... 106 4.5.1.C Consideration of Future Income ..................................................................... 109 4.5.1.D How to Use Past and Future Income .............................................................. 110 4.5.1.E Exception for Use of Actual Income ................................................................ 112 4.5.1.E.1 Applicants ................................................................................................... 112 4.5.1.E.2 Clients ........................................................................................................ 113 4.5.1.F Anticipated Income Examples ........................................................................ 113 4.5.2 INCOME DISREGARDS AND DEDUCTIONS ....................................................... 117 4.5.2.A Earned Income ............................................................................................... 117 4.5.2.A.1 Earned Income Disregard ........................................................................... 118 4.5.2.A.2 Dependent Care Deduction ........................................................................ 118 4.5.2.B Unearned Income ........................................................................................... 118 4.5.3 DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY AND BENEFIT LEVEL ............................................ 120 4.5.3.A Determining Eligibility – 100% of the SON Test .............................................. 120 4.5.3.B Determining Countable Income and the Benefit Amount ................................ 121 4.5.3.C Child Support Pass-Through .......................................................................... 122 4.5.3.D Child Support Incentive (CSI) ......................................................................... 122