Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024
(a)
For FANF financial assistance, lump sum income shall include, but not be
limited to, non-recurring countable earned or unearned lump sum payments such
as the following:
(1) Retroactive earned
income;
(2) Retroactive lump sum
social security benefits;
(3)
Retroactive lump sum railroad retirement benefits;
(4) Unemployment compensation lump sum
payments;
(5) Insurance
settlements;
(6) Lump sum
retirement benefits; and
(7)
Windfalls such as inheritances, lotteries, and other financial
prizes.
(b) Lump sum
income shall not include retroactive Social Security Income (SSI) payments or
refunds of the individual's own money, such as a returned security or utility
deposit.
(c) A lump sum earned
income amount shall be reduced by the employment expense disregard (EED), as
specified in He-W 654.13(f),
if the individual has not already received the EED.
(d) Lump sum income amounts received in the
month of application shall be reduced in the manner described below:
(1) If assistance begins on the first day of
the month of application, no additional reduction of the lump sum amount shall
be allowed;
(2) If assistance
begins on the 16 day of the month of application, the lump sum amount shall be
reduced by an amount equal to one-half of the FANF standard of need as defined
in He-W
601.07 for the assistance group (AG) size as defined
in He-W
601.01; and
(3) If assistance begins on the first day of
the month after the month of application, the lump sum amount shall be reduced
by an amount equal to the full FANF standard of need for the AG
size.
(e) When
determining the period a case will be ineligible due to receipt of lump sum
income:
(1) One month shall be equal to 2
payroll periods; and
(2) The period
of ineligibility shall begin the month following the month of receipt of the
lump sum.
(f) The period
of ineligibility shall be recalculated at the individual's request under one or
more of the following circumstances:
(1) There
are changes in the FANF standard of need;
(2) Shelter costs have increased;
(3) The lump sum is or was spent on
life-threatening circumstances described in (g) below, under the following
conditions:
a. The individual has no other
income or resources available; and
b. The lump sum is or was being used to meet
essential needs prior to being used for the life-threatening circumstances;
or
(4) An AG member
incurred, paid, and verified approved medical expenses described in (i)
below.
(g)
Life-threatening circumstances shall be circumstances which cannot be
reasonably predicted and result in loss or unavailability of the lump
sum.
(h) Life-threatening
circumstances referred to in (g) above shall include, but not be limited to,
the following:
(1) Natural disasters such as
floods, fires, earthquakes, and hurricanes;
(2) Man-made occurrences which cause harm to
the AG, such as theft of clothing, food, or money, arson, eviction, or loss of
an owned residence;
(3) Medical
emergencies or a serious illness of a member of the AG or of persons for whom a
member of the AG, under state law, is liable to support;
(4) Use of the lump sum or a portion of it to
obtain or prevent discontinuance of utilities or heat; and
(5) Use of the lump sum or a portion of it to
prevent a situation, as defined by state law that would imperil the physical or
mental well-being of a child or children.
(i) Approved medical expenses shall include,
but not be limited to:
(1) Any expense that
medicaid would pay for if the AG were eligible for medicaid, regardless of
service limits;
(2) Health care
insurance premiums;
(3)
Prescription drugs; and
(4) Medical
services, supplies, or equipment that are not covered by medicaid but which are
prescribed by a licensed medical professional.
(j) An increase in the AG size shall not be
considered an increase in the FANF standard of need.
(See Revision Note at Chapter Heading He-W 600) #5171,
eff 6-26-91; amd by #6446, eff 2-1-97; ss by #6531, INTERIM, eff 6-27-97,
EXPIRED: 10-25-97; ss by #6614, eff 10-24-97; ss by #8452, eff
10-22-05
