New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 139 - FOOD STAMP PROGRAM
Part 501 - TRANSITIONAL FOOD STAMP BENEFIT ELIGIBILITY
Section 8.139.501.10 - DETERMINING THE TRANSITIONAL FOOD STAMP BENEFIT AMOUNT
Universal Citation: 8 NM Admin Code 8.139.501.10
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024
A. Calculating the TFS benefit amount: The TFS benefit amount for the transitional benefit period shall be determined by continuing to count:
(1) all
the earned income that was used to calculate the food stamp benefit amount,
except that any new income that caused the cash assistance to be terminated
shall be excluded; and
(2) all the
unearned income that was used to calculate the food stamp benefit amount,
except that the TANF cash assistance payment shall be excluded.
B. Changes to the TFS benefit amount: Once the TFS benefit amount has been determined, the amount shall be issued for the five-month transitional benefit period unless:
(1) the TFS household chooses to change the
TFS benefit amount or end the transitional benefit period by submitting an
application for recertification; or
(2) the TFS amount is adjusted as a result of
a change reported by the TFS household subject to Subsection C of 8.139.501.11
NMAC.
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