CalFresh Special Notice 13-02 - HHSA Program Guides

BudgetingIncomeExamples(continued)Example 3: New Future IncomeDuring the September redetermination/recertification, a CalWORKsAR/CO AU reports no current income but reasonably anticipates andprovides verification that she will start a new job in November and willreceive $500 per month starting in December and ongoing. In thisinstance, the worker will not average the income. Instead, the workerwill not count the income for September-November and will budget the$500 starting in December (December through September). Theworker will issue timely and adequate notice to decrease benefits inDecember.Example 4: New Income over CalWORKs IRTDuring the February redetermination/recertification, a CalWORKsAR/CO AU reports and verifies that current income is over theCalWORKs IRT, which results in the case being discontinued. Theclient reports and provides verification she will be laid off four monthslater in June. The worker will discontinue CalWORKs and CalFresh atthe end of February with timely and adequate notice because theincome over IRT will last more than one month, issue TransitionalCalFresh the following month, and advise the client to re-apply forCalWORKs in June.Example 5: Conversion FactorA CalWORKs AR/CO AU receiving CalFresh reports and verifies biweeklyearnings of $150 and $250, which is reasonably anticipated tocontinue for the remainder of the certification period. The worker willconvert the bi-weekly income to a monthly amount by adding the twobi-weekly checks, dividing by two, and applying the conversion factor:$150 + $250 = $400. $400/2 = $200. $200 X 2.167 = $433.40.$433.40 will be used as the average monthly income amount in thebudget.Example 6: Unstable IncomeDuring the annual redetermination/recertification, a CalWORKs AR/COAU reports and verifies current weekly income of $150, $200, and $75.The household reports the income varies from month to month andcannot be reasonably anticipated for future months.The worker will obtain additional clarification to determine if there is aminimum amount that the client can anticipate for future months.If unable to establish a minimum amount, the weekly conversionfactor cannot be used.If a minimum amount can be determined, the worker will use theconversion factor (4.33).The worker will document in Case Comments why and how themonthly income amounts were used in the final budget calculation.Continued on next pageCalFresh Special Notice 13-02, Implementation of AR/CO Page 11