Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 12, March 23, 2024
(a)
Income deductions.
(1)
Heating standard utility allowance (SUA) and nonheating SUA-
7 CFR
273.9(d)(6). A CAO
will offer an eligible household the opportunity to use the heating SUA,
nonheating SUA or the household's actual utility costs except for actual
telephone costs when computing the combined shelter and utility cost. The SUAs
include a nonheating SUA and a heating SUA. The heating SUA is available to
households which incur out-of-pocket heating or cooling, or both, costs, even
if paid irregularly, separate and apart from their rent or mortgage payments. A
household that receives energy assistance payments made under the Low Income
Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is entitled to the heating SUA even if
it does not incur out-of-pocket costs. The nonheating SUA is available to
households which incur utility costs exclusive of heating or cooling costs, or
both.
(2)
Standard utility
allowance amounts- 7 CFR
273.9(d)(6). The
nonheating SUA amount is $181 and the heating SUA amount is $333 per month
effective October 1, 2001. The heating SUA/nonheating SUA amounts are approved
by FNS and reviewed annually by the Department in accordance with provisions of
7 CFR
273.9(d)(6) (relating to
income and deductions). Future adjustments will be issued by the Department as
a notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and codified in this
subpart.
(3)
Telephone
allowance- 7 CFR
273.9(d)(6). The
telephone allowance is $26 per month effective October 1, 2001, regardless of
the amount of the telephone charge. This allowance is available to households
which incur telephone expenses. The Department has developed a method, that is
FNS approved, for calculating the mandatory telephone allowance. Future
adjustments will be issued by the Department as a notice in the
Pennsylvania Bulletin and codified in this subpart.
(4)
Homeless shelter allowance-
7 CFR
273.9(d)(5)(i)
.
Effective October 1, 1995, a $143 homeless shelter allowance for shelter
expenses is available to households if all the members are homeless and are not
receiving free shelter throughout the month. Future adjustments will be issued
by the Department as a notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and
codified in this subpart.
(b)
Conversion of income,
determination of monthly income amount-
7 CFR
273.10(c)(2)(i).
Whenever a household anticipates a full month's income, but it is received on a
weekly or biweekly basis, the CAO will convert the income to a monthly amount
by using the Department's Public Assistance conversion table for computing
eligibility and allotment.
(c)
Handling interest income-
7 CFR
273.21(f)(2)(vi)
.
For households in monthly reporting and having both earned income and unearned
interest income, the CAO will use actual interest income received in the budget
month to compute eligibility and allotment.
