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3003-3 SEASONAL EMPLOYMENT
A. Definition:
Seasonal employment means employment with a regular work season of 11
months or less that is compensated on a salary basis. Examples may include:
construction, fish processing, fishing, logging, mining, trapping, fire fighting,
school district, oil field, or tourism jobs.
B. Verification:
Acceptable verification includes a completed seasonal work statement, DOL
BTWI screen, 1099 form, or final settlement statement.
C. Budget:
1. Heating Assistance prorates income from seasonal employment during
the 12-month period before the date of signature on the completed
application, over a 12-month period, to determine the household’s gross
monthly income. To this amount the worker will add all additional income
received in the prior month.
2. Threshold Test
Each season the HAP establishes a seasonal income threshold test. This
approach increases the efficiency of eligibility determinations for very lowincome
households. The threshold test is used to determine if a prior
month figure can be used for very low-income households with seasonal
income, rather than the 12-month computation. The threshold test amount
is the maximum annual qualifying income for a one-person household,
rounded down to the next lower thousand dollars.
To apply the threshold test, the worker compares the gross income from
the most recent available four consecutive employment quarters prior to
the date of signature on the application, with the threshold test. If the
annual gross income is less than the threshold test, the worker will
compute the seasonal gross earned income using the lesser of either the
prior calendar month or the averaged earned income amount. If only one
of the above is available, the worker will use that information rather than
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