Code of Massachusetts Regulations
106 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE
Title 106 CMR 704.000 - Transitional Cash Assistance Program: Financial Eligibility
Section 704.500 - Calculation of Grant Amount

Step 1:

Identify the earned income of each member of the filing unit, excluding any earned income specified in 106 CMR 704.250 and: (a) the income, from the Full Employment Program as specified in 106 CMR 707.180; and (b) the earned income of dependent children who are full-time students, used in the Test of Financial Eligibility as provided in 106 CMR 704.260(A);

Step 2:

Subtract 100% of the remaining gross earnings of each member of the assistance unit who is eligible for the 100% Earned Income Disregard. For members who are not eligible for the 100% Earned Income Disregard but who are eligile for the 50% disregard, subtract, in this order, from the remaining gross earnings of each member of the assistance unit an amount of income equal to: (a) the work-related expense deduction (see 106 CMR 704.270); and (b) if appropriate, from the remaining income of each member of the exempt or nonexempt assistance unit 50% of the remainder as provided in 106 CMR 704.280 or 106 CMR 704.281;

Step 3:

Subtract the appropriate dependent-care deduction as provided in 106 CMR 704.275;

Step 4:

Total the countable earned income of all members of the filing unit;

Step 5:

Total all gross unearned and other income not excluded as provided in 106 CMR 704.250. This total includes deemed income in accordance with 106 CMR 704.235 plus the gross income for those members of the filing unit that are excluded from the assistance unit;

Step 6:

Add the results of Step 4 and Step 5;

Step 7:

Subtract the result of Step 6 from the applicable Need Standard as provided in 106 CMR 704.410 and 704.415 for the number of persons in the assistance unit. Round this amount down to the next whole dollar. The result, if $10 or greater, but less than the applicable Payment Standard as provided in 106 CMR 704.420 and 704.425, is the amount to be paid monthly. If the result is less than or equal to the applicable Need Standard, but greater than the applicable Payment Standard, the amount to be paid monthly shall equal the applicable Payment Standard. If the result is zero or greater but less than $10, the assistance unit is considered to be receiving assistance, but will not receive a monthly grant. If the result is less than zero, the assistance unit is financially ineligible.

Step 1:

Identify the countable income of the members of the assistance unit as provided in 106 CMR 704.200 through 704.250;

Step 2:

Subtract work-related-expenses, as defined in 106 CMR 704.270, and, if applicable, the $30 and 1/3 disregard or $30 disregard, as provided in 106 CMR 704.286, and, if applicable, the dependent care deduction, as provided in 106 CMR 704.275, from earned income, and add the result to the gross unearned income; then

Step 3:

Subtract the result of Step 2 from the standard of assistance appropriate to the assistance unit. If the result is less than zero, then the assistance unit is financially ineligible. If the result is greater than or equal to zero, the assistance unit is financially eligible.