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 17-676-54.1 - Determining monthly net income for the TANF financial assistance program
Universal Citation: HI Admin Rules 17-676-54.1
Current through November, 2024
(a) A household is eligible for benefits if:
(1) the household's total monthly gross
income does not exceed one hundred eighty-five percent of the household's
standard of need; and
(2) the
household's monthly net income does not exceed the standard of
assistance.
(b) A household's monthly net income shall be determined by adding the household's monthly net earned income and monthly unearned income.
(c) To determine monthly net earned income for a TANF applicant for the purpose of determining eligibility:
(1) Deduct a standard deduction of twenty
percent from the monthly gross earned income of each applicant;
(2) After the twenty percent standard
deduction, deduct a flat rate of two hundred dollars from the
remainder;
(3) After the two
hundred dollar flat rate deduction, deduct a thirty-six percent earned income
disregard from the remainder; and
(4) After the thirty-six percent earned
income disregard deduction, deduct an amount equal to the actual cost for the
care of each incapacitated adult living in the same household and receiving
financial assistance, but not to exceed:
(A)
$175 a month if the applicant is employed full time; or
(B) $165 a month, if the applicant is
employed less than full time.
(d) To determine monthly net earned income for a TANF applicant or recipient for the purpose of determining amount of assistance, and for a TANF recipient for the purpose of determining continued eligibility:
(1) Deduct a standard deduction
of twenty percent from the monthly gross earned income of each applicant or
recipient;
(2) After the twenty
percent standard deduction, deduct a flat rate of two hundred dollars from the
remainder;
(3) After the two
hundred dollar flat rate deduction, deduct from the remainder:
(A) A fifty-five percent earned income
disregard for an adult recipient and a thirty-six percent earned income
disregard for a dependent child, for month one to month twenty-four of the
household's TANF benefits, determined by counting the number of months an
employed adult has received benefits since July 1997; or
(B) A thirty-six percent earned income
disregard for an adult recipient and a thirty-six percent earned income
disregard for a dependent child, for month twenty-five through month sixty of
the household's TANF benefits, determined by counting the number of months an
employed adult has received benefits since July 1997; and
(4) After the thirty-six percent earned
income disregard deduction, deduct an amount equal to the actual cost for the
care of each incapacitated adult living in the same household and receiving
financial assistance, but not to exceed:
(A)
$175 a month if the applicant or recipient is employed full time; or
(B) $165 a month, if the applicant or
recipient is employed less than full time.
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