CalWORKs Policy - Department of Public Social Services

Applicant Eligibility Determination
$500 Earned Monthly Income of Mother
- 90 Applicant Earned Income Disregard
$410 Subtotal
+ 85 Unearned Income of Undoc Noncitizen
$495 Total Net Nonexempt Income
$495 Less than MBSAC for four
Family passes the Financial Eligibility
Test
Participant Financial Eligibility Determination
$500 Earned Monthly Income of Mother
- 112 Earned Income Disregard
$ 388 Subtotal
- 194 50% Earned Income Disregard
$ 194 Net Nonexempt Earned Income (rounded
down)
+ 85 Unearned Income of Undoc Noncitizen
Child
$279 Total Net Nonexempt Income
$279 Less than Nonexempt MAP for four
Grant Computation
$762 Nonexempt MAP for four
- 279 Total Net Nonexempt Income
$483 Potential Grant
$516 MAP for AU of two (Mother and Citizen
Child)
$483 Aid Payment is the less of the Potential
Grant or MAP for the AU
EXAMPLE 2
A mother and two children are in the
April/May/June quarter. Mother submits the QR 7
in June and reports she will lose her job on August
15 th . The mother anticipates that she will receive
two checks in July, $300 for one pay period and
$400 for the other. She also anticipates that she
will receive a final check of $200 in August. She
doesn’t anticipate any income for September.