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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 4

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 115 Chapter 4 Income

The Worker records the client’s statement about no expected changes in income and his lack of pay to date, as well as how the income was verified and calculated. Example 6: An application is made September 13 and the client states that he is self-employed. He grows and sells Christmas trees. Most of his income for the year is earned during the months of November and December. In addition, he sells the leftover trees to the local city government to use for mulch. He receives some income each month from the leftover trees and the amount fluctuates during the year. He states that he anticipates that his earnings will be less from Christmas sales this year because many of his trees were damaged in a fire last spring. He estimates he lost at least half of the trees that he planned to sell this year. He is unable to determine at this time if his sale of trees to the city will be affected after Christmas, but currently his income from this source has not changed. The Worker requests that the client provide income received in the previous year from his sales to the city and his Christmas tree sale earnings for the previous season. Anticipated income is based on an average of monthly sales to the city and half of the previous year’s Christmas tree sales. The Worker records the client’s situation in detail, how past income was verified, and the method used to anticipate income for the new certification period. Example 7: A woman applies on March 2. She does not work, and her only source of income is child support from three absent parents. Income from Absent Parent A is regularly received, but the amount varies. Income from Absent Parent B is always the same amount, but she never knows when she will receive it. Absent Parent C pays regularly, and the amount is more or less the same. The Worker requests verification as follows: A’s payments for the last six months; B’s payments for the last six months; C’s payments for the last three months. She reports and verifies the following income from the three sources: Parent A: • March 1

$450 • February 1 $75 • January 1 $123 • December 1 $850 • November 1 $170 • October 1 $100