New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
He - Department of Health and Human Services
Subtitle He-W - Former Division of Human Services
Chapter He-W 600 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND ELIGIBILITY FOR MEDICAL CARE
Part He-W 654 - EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF INCOME
Section He-W 654.13 - Earned Income Disregard (EID) and Employment Expense Disregard (EED) for Financial Assistance to Needy Families (FANF)

(a) An earned income disregard (EID), as defined in He-W 601.03(l) , shall be subtracted from gross earned income for each applicant or recipient whose needs and income are considered when determining eligibility for FANF financial assistance.

(b) For applicants who have not received FANF financial assistance in any one of the previous 6 months, the EID shall be 20% of the individual's monthly gross earned income.

(c) The 20% earned income disregard shall be:

(d) If a financial assistance applicant is determined eligible after applying the 20% EID as described in (c) above, then the benefit amount shall be determined using a 50% EID as described in (e) below.

(e) The 50% EID shall be used to determine:

(f) For FANF deeming and lump sum calculations, the employment expense disregard (EED), as defined in He-W 601.03(o) , shall be 20% of the individual's gross earned income.