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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 4
West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 113 Chapter 4 Income
4.5.1.E.2 Clients When: • He reports the beginning or ending of a source of income; and • The client is not expected to receive a full month’s income. Income from this source must not be converted to a monthly amount. Instead, the Worker must use the actual amount of income. If income from the source is ending, no income from the source is counted in future months. If the income from the source is beginning, the Worker must use income already received from the source plus the amount expected to be received from this source later in the month. This is the amount used as income for the month following the change. Income from this first month must not be used to convert the income to a monthly amount until the second month following the change. 4.5.1.F Anticipated Income Examples The following are examples of methods to anticipate income, based on several different situations. The Worker must always base anticipated income on the individual situation, not solely on the information contained in the examples below. Example 1: An application is made on June 22. The client indicates he is paid biweekly and he does not expect any change in his income. The Worker requests that the client provide information about pay received in the 30 days prior to June 22 and uses this income to anticipate income for the certification period. The Worker records the client’s statement about expecting no changes, as well as how the income was verified, and the method used to convert the income to a monthly amount. Example 2: Same situation as previous example, except that the client indicates that his pay fluctuates each pay day and he expect this pattern to continue without any change in status, rate or source of income. After a discussion with the client, the Worker and client agree that two additional pay periods prior will provide enough information to reasonably anticipate income for the certification period. The Worker records the results of the discussion with the client, how the income was verified, and the method used to convert the income to a monthly amount.