Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Workforce Services
Title R986 - Employment Development
Rule R986-200 - Family Employment Program
Section R986-200-239 - Determining the Amount of the Financial Assistance Payment
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 986-200-239
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1)
(a) To be eligible for financial assistance,
the household's gross countable income must be less than or equal to 185% of
the Standard Needs Budget for the size of the household.
(b) "Standard Needs Budget" or 'SNB" means
the budget level determined by the Department based on a survey of basic living
expenses.
(2) If the gross countable income is less than or equal to 185% of the SNB, the following deductions are allowed:
(a) a work expense
allowance of $100 for each person in the household unit who is
employed;
(b) fifty percent of the
remaining earned income after deducting the work expense allowance as provided
in Subsection R986-200-239(2)(a), if the individual has received a financial
assistance payment from the Department for one or more of the immediately
preceding four months; and
(c)
after deducting the amounts in Subsections R986-200-239(2)(a) and (b) the
following are deducted:
(i) a dependent care
deduction as described in Subsection R986-200-239(3); and
(ii) child support paid by a household member
if legally owed to someone not included in the
household.
(3) The amount of the dependent care deduction is set by the Department and based on the number of hours worked by the parent and the age of the dependent needing care.
(a) Dependent care may only be
deducted when each of the following elements can be shown.
(i) The care is paid for the care of a child
or adult member of the household assistance unit, or a child or adult who would
be a member of the household assistance unit if the person did not receive
SSI.
(ii) The care is not
subsidized, in whole or in part, by a CC payment from the Department.
(iii) The care is not paid to an individual
who is in the household assistance unit.
(b) An adult's need for care must be verified
by a doctor.
(4)
(a) After deducting the amounts allowed under
Subsection R986-2002-239(2), the resulting net income must be less than 100% of
SNB for the size of the household assistance unit.
(b) If the net income is equal to or greater
than the SNB, the household is not eligible.
(5) If the net income is less than 100% of the SNB the following amounts are deducted.
(a) Fifty percent of earned countable income
for all employed household assistance unit members if the household was not
eligible for the 50% deduction under Subsection R986-200-239(2)(b).
(b) All earned income of all children in the
household assistance unit, if not previously deducted, who are:
(i) in school or training full-time;
or
(ii) in part-time education or
training if they are employed less than 100 hours per
month.
(c) For the
purposes of this section, "part-time education or training" means enrolled for
at least one-half the number of hours or periods considered by the institution
to be customary to complete the course of study within the minimum time period.
If no schedule is set by the school, the course of study must be no less than
an average of two class periods or two hours a day, whichever is
less.
(6)
(a) The amount of the standard financial
assistance payment is set by the Department.
(b) If the household's net countable income
following all deductions is more than the full financial assistance payment for
the household size, the household is not eligible. If it is less, the net
countable income is deducted from the financial assistance payment and the
household is paid the difference.
(c) The current standard financial assistance
payment amounts are available from the Department.
(d) Pursuant to Subsection
35A-3-302(8),
the department shall make a report to the Social Services Appropriations
Subcommittee on any proposed changes to the amount of cash assistance a family
is eligible to receive.
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