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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 4
West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 118 Chapter 4 Income
earnings received during the time the employment is unreported. In addition, when new employment is not reported, as required by the Personal Responsibility Contract (PRC), the appropriate sanction is applied. See Section 14.8. The earned income of a child or parent, under age 18, who is enrolled in secondary school or equivalent, is disregarded at all steps of the eligibility determination process. 4.5.2.A.1 Earned Income Disregard The gross earned income of all IG members is reduced by 40%. The remaining amount is the countable earned income. 4.5.2.A.2 Dependent Care Deduction When the employed AG member or disqualified person must pay for dependent child or incapacitated adult care to accept or continue employment or training, a deduction from income must be allowed. There is not a maximum allowable amount for this deduction. The dependent need not be receiving WV WORKS for the deduction to apply. Only payments made from the person’s own funds are deductible. Clients with these expenses must be offered a referral to the Division of Children and Adult Services for help in meeting these expenses. However, there is no penalty for failure to accept these services. 4.5.2.B Unearned Income The only unearned income disregard or deduction is child support that is redirected to the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement (BCSE) of up to $100 per month for families with one child and up to $200 for families with more than one child eligible for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). This deduction does not apply until after the 100% Standard of Need (SON) test has been met. Special consideration must be given to applicants as follows: • If the client is receiving child support payments at the time of application, and the application is approved, it may not be possible or practical for him to redirect the support payment received during the effective month of approval. The child support system will send all child support to the caretaker during the month of approval.