Treatment of Income

Treatment of income is as follows:

Type of Income

Affect on Grant Determination

Earned Income

Receives the current income disregard (plus 50%). No longer includes disability based income.

Disability Based Income

Receives the current income disregard. Applies only to specific types of disability based income.

Self-Employment Income

Receives the 40% deduction or allows actual verified expenses.

Unearned Income

Applies to all other income which is not specifically identified as either earned or disability based. Is subtracted dollar for dollar from MAP.

Related Topics

Income

SSI/SSP or CAPI Income

Family Income

Potentially Available Income

Availability of Income

Transfer of Income