Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Human Services
Chapter 676 - INCOME
Subchapter 5 - DETERMINING MONTHLY INCOME IN THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND FOOD STAMP PROGRAMS
Section 17-676-51 - Determining income prospectively for all applicants and recipients
Universal Citation: HI Admin Rules 17-676-51
Current through August, 2024
(a) Monthly earned income shall be determined based on the income and circumstances that existed or which are anticipated in the month for which earned income is budgeted. The department shall determine the assistance unit's monthly gross earned income as follows:
(1) For a month prior to the current month
use The actual income received in the prior month.
(2) For the current month use actual income
received and any income anticipated to be received in the current
month.
(3) For a future month,
determine income as follows:
(A) Use previous
paychecks only if the source of income, rate of pay, and frequency of pay are
expected to remain the same.
(i) Source of
income shall be considered to remain the same as long as the individual has the
same job with the same employer;
(ii) Rate of pay shall be considered to
remain the same as long as the hourly wage or monthly salary will not change,
and the terms of employment, full-time, part-time, or on-call, do not change;
and
(iii) Frequency of pay shall be
considered to remain the same as long as there is no change in how often the
individual is paid.
(iv) Divide the
prior monthly income by the number of paychecks received in a prior month and
multiplying it by the frequency of pay as follows:
(a) Weekly income shall be multiplied by
4.3333;
(b) Bi-weekly income shall
be multiplied by 2.1667;
(c) Twice
a month income shall be multiplied by 2.
(B) When income is new or when the source,
rate, or frequency of pay has changed from the prior month, project the monthly
income as follows:
(i) Obtain the anticipated
monthly pay from the employer; or
(ii) Multiply the rate of pay by the number
of hours the individual anticipates being paid in a pay period and then
multiply that amount by the frequency of pay for example, weekly, bi-weekly,
twice a month, etc.
(b) Monthly unearned income shall be determined based on the income and circumstances that existed or which are anticipated in the month for which unearned income is budgeted. The department shall determine the assistance unit's monthly gross unearned income as follows:
(1) For a month prior to the current month
use the actual income received in the prior month.
(2) For the current month use income already
received and any income anticipated to be received in the current
month.
(3) For a future month,
determine income as follows:
(A) Use previous
income only if the source of income, rate of payment, and frequency of payment
are expected to remain the same.
(i) Source
of income shall be considered to remain the same as long as the individual has
the same income from the same source;
(ii) Rate of payment shall be considered to
remain the same as long as the monthly amount or terms of receipt do not
change; and
(iii) Frequency of
payment shall be considered to remain the same as long as there is no change in
how often the individual is paid.
(iv) Divide the prior monthly income by the
number of checks received in a prior month and multiplying it by the frequency
of payment as follows:
(a) Weekly income
shall be multiplied by 4.3333;
(b)
Bi-weekly income shall be multiplied by 2.1667;
(c) Twice a month income shall be multiplied
by 2.
(B)
When income is new or when the source, rate, or frequency of payment has
changed from the prior month, project the monthly income as follows:
(i) Obtain an estimate from the source of the
income; or
(ii) Use the
individual's statement of the amount the individual anticipates to receive in
the month; or
(iii) If the income
is anticipated to be received more frequently than monthly, multiply the income
by the frequency of payment for example, weekly, bi-weekly, twice a month,
etc.
(c) The method used to project the monthly income shall be documented in the case record.
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