Code of Massachusetts Regulations
106 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE
Title 106 CMR 704.000 - Transitional Cash Assistance Program: Financial Eligibility
Section 704.260 - TAFDC Income Test of Eligibility
Universal Citation: 106 MA Code of Regs 106.704
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(A) Financial eligibility for TAFDC is determined at application, eligibility reviews and when a change in income is reported. Filing units whose total countable income as defined in 106 CMR 704.210 does not exceed the applicable Need Standard for the exempt or nonexempt assistance unit found at 106 CMR 704.400 and 106 CMR 704.405, respectively, are eligible.
(B) Test of Financial Eligibility.
(1) The
total income of the filing unit, excluding:
(a) the types of noncountable income as
provided in
106
CMR 704.250;
(b) the wages received from the Full
Employment Program; and
(c) the
disregarded income as provided in
106
CMR 704.270,
106
CMR 704.275,
106
CMR 704.280 and
106
CMR 704.281 may not exceed the applicable
Need Standard in any month.
(2) If the filing unit's income is over the
appropriate Need Standard, the assistance unit is ineligible. If the filing
unit's income is equal to or is less than the appropriate Need Standard, the
assistance unit is eligible.
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