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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 4
West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 103 Chapter 4 Income
4.4.4.Q Income Received from Military Service Personnel Deployed to a Designated Combat Zone Use the following steps for both applicants and clients to determine the amount of income to count for the AG when funds are provided by military service personnel while serving in a designated combat zone. A list of designated combat zones is available online at the FNS website. Step 1: Determine the amount of the military person’s pay that was actually available to the household prior to deployment to a combat zone as follows: • If the military person was a member of the SNAP AG or IG prior to deployment, the amount is his net military pay. • If the military person was not a member of the SNAP AG or IG prior to deployment, the amount is the amount the person actually made available to the SNAP AG prior to deployment. Step 2: Determine the amount of military pay the person makes available to the SNAP group while deployed to a combat zone. Step 3: Use the lesser of the Step 1 and Step 2 results. 4.4.4.Q.1 Military Income Examples Example 1: A member of the Air National Guard (ANG) receives notice that her unit has been activated and will be deployed. This is her only source of income and increases by $1,600 per month from her traditional ANG pay of $400 per month to her new federalized pay of $2,000 per month. She reports this change and her SNAP benefits are adjusted accordingly. She is then deployed to a designated combat zone and is expected to be away for at least six months. Her husband reports this change, and she is removed from the AG due to her anticipated absence from the home. He also reports that she is making her entire income available to the AG and now grosses an additional $1,000 per month. Step 1: The soldier’s net income before deployment was $2,000 per month. Step 2: The amount made available to the household after deployment, including the additional income is now $3,000 per month.