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Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 675 - ASSETS › Subchapter 8 - DISPOSAL OF ASSETS › Exhibit 1 - SOCIAL SECURITY LIFE ESTATE AND REMAINDER INTEREST TABLES

Current through June, 2024
49 Federal Register Vol. 49 No. 93
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Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 676 - INCOME › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 17-676-1 - Purpose

Current through June, 2024
This chapter identifies and describes the types of income
					 which shall be considered in determining an individual's or family's
					 eligibility and amount of benefits from the financial assistance and food stamp
					 programs.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 676 - INCOME › Subchapter 2 - EARNED INCOME › Section 17-676-3 - Wages

Current through June, 2024
All moneys received as wages shall be counted as earned
					 income. All sick leave pay, temporary disability benefits (TDI) due to non work
					 related illness, vacation pay, holiday pay, funeral pay, cost of living
					 allowance (COLA), and birthday pay shall be counted as earned
					 income.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 676 - INCOME › Subchapter 2 - EARNED INCOME › Section 17-676-7 - Workforce Investment Act (WIA)

Current through June, 2024
All wages received from funds under the Workforce
					 Investment Act of 1998 shall be counted as earned income unless exempt under
					 subchapters
					 9, or
					 11.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 676 - INCOME › Subchapter 2 - EARNED INCOME › Section 17-676-9 - In-kind income

Current through June, 2024
(a) In-kind income
				  is any gain or benefit, not in the form of money, paid to an individual and
				  includes perquisites, such as meals, food, shelter, utilities and medical
				  insurance.
(b) For the financial
				  assistance programs, in-kind income shall not be counted as income if the
				  employee does not have the option of obtaining a cash wage in exchange for the
				  perquisite, or if the employer does not report the value of the perquisite as
				  wages on the employees pay statement. The individual whose perquisite is not
				  counted as income shall not be eligible to have the value of the perquisite
				  included in the individual's standard of assistance.
(c) For the food stamp program, in-kind
				  income shall not be considered countable income.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 676 - INCOME › Subchapter 2 - EARNED INCOME › Section 17-676-10 - Earned income from self-employment

Current through June, 2024
(a) Income from
				  self-employment shall be determined by deducting from the amount received from
				  the sale of goods or services, those expenses directly related to producing the
				  goods or services. However, items such as depreciation, personal expenses,
				  meals, and personal transportation shall not be deducted as business
				  expenses.
(b) A business expense
				  shall be an allowable deduction from monthly gross self-employment income only
				  if verified.
(c) A self-employed
				  person shall:
(1) Sell a service or product
				  for a profit;
(2) Be independently
				  responsible for obtaining or providing a service or product;
(3) Have independent costs and expenses
				  necessary to provide a service or product;
(4) Determine independently the manner,
				  method, and process of business operations; or
(5) Have success or failure of the business
				  operation depend upon the efforts of the business.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 676 - INCOME › Subchapter 2 - EARNED INCOME › Section 17-676-11 - Royalties

Current through June, 2024
(a) Royalties shall be counted as earned
				  income in the financial assistance programs.
(b) In the food stamp program, royalties are
				  considered unearned income.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 676 - INCOME › Subchapter 2 - EARNED INCOME › Section 17-676-13 - Entitlements to military personnel

Current through June, 2024
The following are allowances available to military
					 personnel on active duty:
(1) Basic
				  allowance for housing, often referred to as quarters allowance, paid to
				  military personnel who are residing in government quarters or in off base
				  housing. This benefit is shown under the entitlements section of the leave and
				  earnings statement as BAH. Basic allowance for housing (BAH) is considered
				  earned income.
(2) Basic allowance
				  for subsistence, often referred to as separate rations, paid to military
				  personnel who do not have all meals at the military mess halls because the
				  military personnel are living in nongovernment quarters or do not have access
				  to a military mess hall. This allowance is shown on the leave and earnings
				  statement under the entitlements section as BAS. The basic allowance for
				  subsistence (BAS) is counted as earned income.
(3) Clothing maintenance allowance often
				  referred to as clothing allowance. This allowance is shown on the leave and
				  earnings statement under the entitlements section as CMA. The clothing
				  maintenance allowance is considered an excluded reimbursement in accordance
				  with section 17-676-80 for the financial assistance programs and section
				  17-676-93 for the food stamp program.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 676 - INCOME › Subchapter 2 - EARNED INCOME › Section 17-676-13.1 - Worker's compensation benefits and temporary disability insurance benefits as earned income

Current through June, 2024
(a) Temporary
				  disability insurance benefits shall be counted as earned income if they are
				  employer funded and made to individuals who continue to be considered employees
				  of the company.
(b) Worker's
				  compensation benefits shall be counted as earned income for financial
				  assistance if they are employer funded and made to individuals who continue to
				  be considered employees of the company.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 676 - INCOME › Subchapter 2 - EARNED INCOME › Section 17-676-14 - Other earned income that are countable for the food stamp program

Current through June, 2024
Other earned income considered countable for the food
					 stamp household shall include:
(1)
				  Wage advances at the time received and shall be excluded when deducted from the
				  wages;
(2) Payments from a roomer
				  or boarder. These payments shall also be considered self-employment income for
				  allowing both the cost of doing business and the earned income
				  deduction;
(3) That portion of the
				  cash compensation a household receives for providing meals to the individual
				  that exceeds the cost of producing the meals. Persons who receive meals but not
				  lodging shall not be considered boarders;
(4) Wages earned by a household member that
				  are garnished or diverted by an employer, and paid to a third party for a
				  household's expenses, such as rent. However, if the employer pays a household's
				  rent directly to the landlord in addition to paying the household its regular
				  wages the rent payment shall be excluded as a vendor payment. In addition, if
				  the employer provides housing to an employee, the value of the housing shall
				  not be counted as income;
(5) The
				  earned income of an individual disqualified from the household for intentional
				  program violation or for failure to comply with the work registration or
				  employment and training requirements;
(6) The earned income of an individual
				  disqualified from the household for failing to comply with the requirement to
				  provide an SSN or for being an ineligible alien, less the prorata share for the
				  individual;
(7) Payments under
				  Title I (VISTA, University Year for Action, etc.) of the Domestic Volunteer
				  Service Act of 1973, excluding payments made to those households specified in
				  section 17-676-91(5); and
(8)
				  Residuals based upon a contractual agreement where payments are made to the
				  performer or writer for each rerun after an initial showing are considered a
				  deferred commission based on work performed; and
(9) Profit sharing payments shall be treated
				  as earned income if the individual is still employed at the time of the profit
				  sharing payment and the payment is made by the same employer. If the individual
				  receives the profit sharing payment after terminating employment from the
				  employer funding the profit sharing payment and the individual receives the
				  payment on a regular or periodic basis, then the income shall be counted as
				  unearned income.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 676 - INCOME › Subchapter 3 - UNEARNED INCOME › Section 17-676-21 - Social security benefits

Current through June, 2024
(a) All social
				  security benefits, shall be counted as unearned income. Social Security
				  benefits may include, but are not limited to:
(1) Retirement benefits at age
				  sixty-two;
(2) Disability benefits
				  to individuals who are unable to work because of physical or mental
				  handicaps;
(3) Survivor's benefits
				  to the spouse of a deceased wage earner; or
(4) Children's benefits to children of a
				  deceased or disabled parent.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 676 - INCOME › Subchapter 3 - UNEARNED INCOME › Section 17-676-22 - Veteran's benefits

Current through June, 2024
(a) All veteran's
				  benefits, except as specified in subsection (b), prior to any deductions, shall
				  be counted as unearned income.
(1) Benefits
				  may be available to individuals who served in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps,
				  Coast Guard, or Air Force.
(2)
				  Dependents and survivors of veterans may also be eligible for veteran's
				  benefits.
(3) Some of the benefits
				  available are service connected disability pensions, nonservice connected
				  pensions, retirement benefits for veterans with twenty or more years of
				  service, survivor's benefits to parents or children of a deceased veteran, and
				  aid and attendance benefits to totally disabled veterans.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 676 - INCOME › Subchapter 3 - UNEARNED INCOME › Section 17-676-23 - Pension and retirement benefits

Current through June, 2024
(a) All pension and
				  retirement benefits shall be counted as unearned income.
(1) In the financial assistance programs,
				  pensions and retirement benefits after any FICA, federal, and state income
				  taxes are withheld, are considered countable net income. The equity in a
				  retirement plan shall not be considered available when the individual is
				  employed and unable to withdraw or make the money available during the
				  individual's term of employment.
(2) In the food stamp program, pension and
				  retirement benefits, prior to any deductions, are considered countable income.
				  The cash value of pension plans or funds shall be treated as specified in
				  section 17-675-29.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 676 - INCOME › Subchapter 3 - UNEARNED INCOME › Section 17-676-24 - Unemployment insurance benefits

Current through June, 2024
(a) All
				  unemployment insurance benefits shall be counted as unearned income.
				  Unemployment insurance benefits may be available to any individual who has
				  worked in covered employment.
(b)
				  For the financial assistance programs, the amount withheld from unemployment
				  insurance benefit payments to recover overpayments or to pay child support
				  obligations shall not be considered countable income.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 676 - INCOME › Subchapter 3 - UNEARNED INCOME › Section 17-676-25 - Supplemental security income benefits

Current through June, 2024
(a) For the
				  State-ABD and the General Assistance programs, supplemental security income
				  (SSI) benefits shall be counted as unearned income as follows:
(1) Medicare premium deductions, even if
				  actually deducted from the payment, shall be included in the countable benefit
				  amount.
(2) The amount of the SSI
				  benefits actually received, except as specified in paragraph (1), which may
				  reflect recoupments, shall be the countable benefit amount.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 676 - INCOME › Subchapter 3 - UNEARNED INCOME › Section 17-676-26 - Worker's compensation benefits and temporary disability insurance benefits as unearned income

Current through June, 2024
(a) In the food
				  stamp program, all worker's compensation benefits prior to any deductions,
				  shall be counted as unearned income in determining eligibility and
				  benefits.
(b) In the financial
				  assistance program, worker's compensation benefits shall be counted as unearned
				  income if not employer funded or if the recipient of the benefits is no longer
				  considered an employee of the company.
(c) For financial assistance and food stamp
				  programs, temporary disability insurance benefits shall be counted as unearned
				  income if not employer funded or the recipient of the benefit is no longer
				  considered an employee of the company.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 676 - INCOME › Subchapter 3 - UNEARNED INCOME › Section 17-676-27 - Railroad retirement benefits

Current through June, 2024
(a) All railroad
				  retirement benefits shall be counted as unearned income. This benefit may be
				  available to any person who worked for a United States railroad
				  company.
(b) Railroad retirement
				  benefits, prior to any deductions, are considered countable income in the
				  financial assistance and food stamp programs.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 676 - INCOME › Subchapter 3 - UNEARNED INCOME › Section 17-676-28 - Strike benefits

Current through June, 2024
(a) Cash received
				  by a family on strike shall be counted as unearned income.
(b) In the financial assistance and food
				  stamp program, strike benefits, prior to any deduction, are generally
				  considered countable unearned income.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 676 - INCOME › Subchapter 3 - UNEARNED INCOME › Section 17-676-29 - Legal settlements, inheritance, insurance settlements, and compensations

Current through June, 2024
(a) Money received
				  to settle any insurance, legal, or inheritance claim shall be counted as
				  unearned income for the financial assistance programs. For the food stamp
				  program, money received in such settlements are counted as income if received
				  in multiple payments and as assets if received in a lump sum.
(b) Personal injury awards and compensation
				  for pain and suffering shall be counted as unearned income for the financial
				  assistance programs. Money from such awards and compensation are counted as
				  assets for the food stamp program.
(c) Any expense paid which is related to the
				  settlement or award shall be deducted from the total settlement or award.
(1) Examples of allowable expense deductions
				  include, but shall not be limited to, legal fees, medical payments, motor
				  vehicle replacement, or replacement of personal property damaged or lost;
				  and
(2) The individual shall be
				  required to submit verification of the paid expense within thirty days from the
				  date the settlement is received to receive a deduction for the
				  expense.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 676 - INCOME › Subchapter 3 - UNEARNED INCOME › Section 17-676-32 - Child support payments

Current through June, 2024
(a) Child support
				  payments shall be considered unearned income for the financial assistance and
				  food stamp programs.
(b) In the
				  financial assistance program, the child support payments received by the family
				  from the month of application through the month the first payment is authorized
				  shall be considered unearned income in determining the amount of the financial
				  assistance payment.
(c) In the
				  financial assistance program, the child support payments received by the family
				  in subsequent months shall be paid to the department and shall not be
				  considered in determining the amount of the financial assistance
				  payment.
(d) In the financial
				  assistance program, the child support payments received directly by the
				  department shall not be considered in determining the amount of the financial
				  assistance payment.
(e) In the
				  financial assistance program, the department shall budget the child support
				  payments that the family fails to pay to the department as required in
				  subsection (c) and shall recover any overpayments.
(f) The amounts collected as support by the
				  IV-D agency for children and the parents of such children who are current
				  recipients of financial assistance and for whom an assignment under chapter
				  17-656 is effective shall be retained by the State to reimburse, in whole or in
				  part, the assistance payment for the month in which the support was collected
				  or the next month.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 676 - INCOME › Subchapter 3 - UNEARNED INCOME › Section 17-676-34 - Lump sum benefits

Current through June, 2024
Any other lump sum cash benefit, which is not considered
					 to be earned income and not exempt in subchapters
					 9 and
					 11, shall be counted as unearned
					 income.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 676 - INCOME › Subchapter 3 - UNEARNED INCOME › Section 17-676-35 - Assistance from other agencies and organizations

Current through June, 2024
(a)
				  Assistance provided by any public or private agency shall not be counted as
				  income for financial assistance if no duplication exists between such other
				  assistance and that provided by the department. Non-duplication of assistance
				  shall be assured by:
(1) The different
				  purpose for which the other agency grants aid such as vocational
				  rehabilitation;
(2) The provision
				  of goods and services that are not included in the department's standard of
				  assistance; or
(3) For the
				  financial assistance program, the provision of supplemental payments that do
				  not exceed the difference between the standard of need and the standard of
				  assistance.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 676 - INCOME › Subchapter 3 - UNEARNED INCOME › Section 17-676-36 - Financial assistance from another state

Current through June, 2024
(a) Any individual
				  or family receiving financial assistance from another state shall be eligible
				  for financial assistance for the period during which financial assistance is
				  available from another state provided the individual or family:
(1) Establishes state residency;
				  and
(2) Meets all eligibility
				  requirements.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 676 - INCOME › Subchapter 3 - UNEARNED INCOME › Section 17-676-37 - Income of sponsor of an alien

Current through June, 2024
(a) For the
				  financial assistance programs, income of a sponsor of an alien and sponsor's
				  spouse living with the sponsor shall be deemed to be the unearned income of the
				  alien. The amount of the sponsor's income which is deemed to be available to
				  the alien shall be calculated as follows:
(1)
				  Obtain the total earned and unearned income of the sponsor of an alien and the
				  sponsor's spouse;
(2) Deduct the
				  lesser of twenty per cent of total earned income or $175;
(3) From the remainder, deduct an amount
				  equal to the department standard of need for a family of the same composition.
				  The following persons living with the sponsor of an alien, shall be considered
				  to be part of the sponsor's family:
(A)
				  Sponsor's spouse; and
(B) Sponsor's
				  dependents who qualify as federal income tax dependents;
(4) From the remainder, deduct actual amounts
				  paid by the sponsor or sponsor's spouse to persons living out of the home who
				  qualify as sponsor's federal income tax dependents;
(5) From the balance, deduct any alimony or
				  child support paid to persons not living with the sponsor; and
(6) The net amount shall be considered
				  available to the alien and deducted from the alien's monthly standard of
				  financial need.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 676 - INCOME › Subchapter 4 - AVAILABILITY OF INCOME FOR SUPPORT › Section 17-676-44 - Purpose

Current through June, 2024
The purpose of this subchapter is to describe the persons
					 whose income are considered available for support of applicants and recipients
					 in the financial assistance and food stamp programs.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 676 - INCOME › Subchapter 4 - AVAILABILITY OF INCOME FOR SUPPORT › Section 17-676-45 - Availability of income in the financial assistance programs when relatives live in the same household

Current through June, 2024
(a) The income of
				  the husband shall be considered available to meet the needs of the
				  wife.
(b) The income of the wife
				  shall be considered available to meet the needs of the husband.
(c) In family groups in which there are
				  children, income of both parents, natural, legal, hanai, or adoptive, shall be
				  considered available for each other and the support of their
				  children.
(d) When the husband,
				  wife, or parent, living in the home, is not included in the financial
				  assistance payment, the department shall determine the amount of available
				  income pursuant to subsections (a), (b), and (c) as follows:
(1) Obtain the monthly total earned and
				  unearned income of the individual not included in the financial assistance
				  payment;
(2) Deduct the following
				  amounts from the monthly gross earned income:
(A) A standard deduction of twenty per cent;
				  and
(B) The amount paid for the
				  care of each incapacitated adult living in the same household and included in
				  the financial assistance payment not to exceed $175 if the individual is
				  employed full-time or $165 if the individual is not employed
				  full-time;
(3) Deduct
				  the difference between the following standards of assistance:
(A) The first standard shall include the
				  needs of the individuals included in the financial assistance payment and the
				  needs of the individual and other individuals not included in the financial
				  assistance payment provided such other individuals are or may be claimed by the
				  individual as dependent for federal income tax purposes and are not being
				  sanctioned or are not excluded due to failure to cooperate
(B) The second standard shall include only
				  the needs of the individuals included in the financial assistance
				  payment.
(C) For the purpose of
				  subparagraphs (A) and (B), the standard of assistance for GA and AABD
				  households shall be as specified in section 17-678-3 and the standard of
				  assistance for TANF households shall be in accordance with the household's work
				  eligible status as specified in section 17-678-3.1.
(4) All of the remaining income shall be
				  considered available to meet the needs of the family.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 676 - INCOME › Subchapter 4 - AVAILABILITY OF INCOME FOR SUPPORT › Section 17-676-47 - Availability of income in the food stamp program

Current through June, 2024
The income of all members of the household, as defined in
					 chapter 17-663, shall be considered in determining food stamp eligibility and
					 benefits.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 676 - INCOME › Subchapter 5 - DETERMINING MONTHLY INCOME IN THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND FOOD STAMP PROGRAMS › Section 17-676-50 - Rounding off income

Current through June, 2024
The amounts used in the process for determining and
					 computing income shall be rounded down to the next lower whole dollar, as
					 follows:
(1) The amounts used in
				  determining the individual's monthly gross earned or unearned income shall not
				  be rounded off. The individual's gross earned and unearned income from each
				  source shall be rounded down to the next lower whole dollar before being used
				  in any computation; and
(2) The
				  amounts used in determining each allowable earned income deduction shall not be
				  rounded off. Each allowable earned income deduction shall be rounded down to
				  the next lower whole dollar before being used in any computation.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 676 - INCOME › Subchapter 5 - DETERMINING MONTHLY INCOME IN THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND FOOD STAMP PROGRAMS › Section 17-676-51 - Determining income prospectively for all applicants and recipients

Current through June, 2024
(a) Monthly earned income shall be determined
				  based on the income and circumstances that existed or which are anticipated in
				  the month for which earned income is budgeted. The department shall determine
				  the assistance unit's monthly gross earned income as follows:
(1) For a month prior to the current month
				  use The actual income received in the prior month.
(2) For the current month use actual income
				  received and any income anticipated to be received in the current
				  month.
(3) For a future month,
				  determine income as follows:
(A) Use previous
				  paychecks only if the source of income, rate of pay, and frequency of pay are
				  expected to remain the same.
(i) Source of
				  income shall be considered to remain the same as long as the individual has the
				  same job with the same employer;
(ii) Rate of pay shall be considered to
				  remain the same as long as the hourly wage or monthly salary will not change,
				  and the terms of employment, full-time, part-time, or on-call, do not change;
				  and
(iii) Frequency of pay shall be
				  considered to remain the same as long as there is no change in how often the
				  individual is paid.
(iv) Divide the
				  prior monthly income by the number of paychecks received in a prior month and
				  multiplying it by the frequency of pay as follows:
(a) Weekly income shall be multiplied by
				  4.3333;
(b) Bi-weekly income shall
				  be multiplied by 2.1667;
(c) Twice
				  a month income shall be multiplied by 2.
(B) When income is new or when the source,
				  rate, or frequency of pay has changed from the prior month, project the monthly
				  income as follows:
(i) Obtain the anticipated
				  monthly pay from the employer; or
(ii) Multiply the rate of pay by the number
				  of hours the individual anticipates being paid in a pay period and then
				  multiply that amount by the frequency of pay for example, weekly, bi-weekly,
				  twice a month, etc.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 676 - INCOME › Subchapter 5 - DETERMINING MONTHLY INCOME IN THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND FOOD STAMP PROGRAMS › Section 17-676-54 - Determining monthly net income for the GA and AABD financial assistance programs

Current through June, 2024
(a) A household is
				  eligible for benefits if:
(1) the household's
				  total monthly gross income does not exceed one hundred eighty-five percent of
				  the household's standard of need; and
(2) the household's monthly net income does
				  not exceed the standard of assistance.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 676 - INCOME › Subchapter 5 - DETERMINING MONTHLY INCOME IN THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND FOOD STAMP PROGRAMS › Section 17-676-54.1 - Determining monthly net income for the TANF financial assistance program

Current through June, 2024
(a) A household is eligible for benefits if:
(1) the household's total monthly gross
				  income does not exceed one hundred eighty-five percent of the household's
				  standard of need; and
(2) the
				  household's monthly net income does not exceed the standard of
				  assistance.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 676 - INCOME › Subchapter 5 - DETERMINING MONTHLY INCOME IN THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND FOOD STAMP PROGRAMS › Section 17-676-56 - Determining net monthly income in the food stamp program

Current through June, 2024
(a)
				  A household's net food stamp monthly income shall be determined by applying the
				  rounding technique specified in section 17-676-50 and the method set forth in
				  this section.
(b) Add the gross
				  monthly income earned by all household members, including any net
				  self-employment income, minus earned income exclusions as defined in subchapter
				  11, and the total monthly unearned income, less income exclusions, as defined
				  in subchapter
				  11, to determine the household's total
				  gross income. Net losses from the self-employment income of a farmer shall be
				  offset in accordance with chapter 17-663.
(c) Multiply the total gross earned income by
				  twenty per cent and subtract that amount to determine net monthly income from
				  earnings.
(d) Subtract the standard
				  deduction.
(e) Subtract the total
				  monthly dependent care expenses incurred by the household, if any. To complete
				  computing the food stamp net monthly income for a household in which a member
				  is elderly or disabled the method specified in subsections (j) to (k) shall be
				  followed.
(f) Subtract the legally
				  obligated child support payments that are paid by a household member.
(g) Total the allowable shelter expenses such
				  as rent, mortgage, and utility costs to determine shelter costs. Subtract from
				  the total shelter cost fifty per cent of the adjusted income (the household's
				  monthly income after the deductions in subsections (c) to (e) have been
				  subtracted). The remaining amount, if any, is the excess shelter cost. If there
				  is no excess shelter cost, the food stamp net monthly income has been
				  determined. If there is an excess shelter cost, the shelter deduction shall be
				  determined.
(h) The shelter
				  deduction, if any, shall be one of the following:
(1) If the excess shelter cost is equal to or
				  more than the allowable maximum, the shelter deduction is the allowable
				  maximum; or
(2) If the excess
				  shelter cost is less than the allowable maximum, the shelter deduction is the
				  actual amount of the excess shelter cost
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 676 - INCOME › Subchapter 7 - FOOD STAMP PROGRAM DEDUCTIONS AND EXPENSES › Section 17-676-71 - Averaging income and expenses

Current through June, 2024
(a) Households,
				  except for seasonal farmworker households, may elect to have income averaged.
				  Income shall not be averaged for a seasonal farmworker household since
				  averaging would result in assigning to the month of application income from
				  future periods which is not available to the seasonal farmworker household for
				  its current food needs. To average income, the department shall use the
				  household's anticipation of income fluctuations over the certification period.
				  The number of months used to obtain the average income need not be the same as
				  the number of months in the certification period.
(b) Households which, by contract or
				  self-employment, derive annual income intended to support the household for a
				  year, in a period of time shorter than one year shall have that income averaged
				  over a twelve-month period, provided the income from the contract is not
				  received on an hourly or piecework basis. The households may include school
				  employees, share croppers, farmers, and other self-employed households.
				  However, these provisions shall not apply to migrant or seasonal farm workers.
				  If the self-employment income is intended to support the household for only
				  part of the year, the income shall be averaged over the period of time it is
				  intended to cover. The procedures for averaging self-employment income are
				  specified in subchapter
				  6 of chapter 17-663.
(c) Households may elect to have fluctuating
				  expenses averaged. Households may elect to have expenses which are billed less
				  often than on a monthly basis averaged forward over the interval between
				  scheduled billings, or, if there is no scheduled interval, averaged forward
				  over the period the expense is intended to cover regardless of the
				  certification period.
(1) Households may
				  elect to have one-time only expenses averaged over the entire certification
				  period in which they are billed.
(2) Households reporting one-time only
				  medical expenses during their certification period may elect to have a one-time
				  deduction or to have the expense averaged over the remaining months of their
				  certification period. Averaging would begin the month the change would become
				  effective.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 676 - INCOME › Subchapter 7 - FOOD STAMP PROGRAM DEDUCTIONS AND EXPENSES › Section 17-676-74 - Determining deductions

Current through June, 2024
(a) Deductible
				  expenses shall include only certain costs of dependent care, shelter, child
				  support, and medical costs.
(b) An
				  expense paid by an excluded reimbursement or vendor payment such as government
				  rent, utility reimbursements made by the Department of Housing and Urban
				  Development (HUD) and Farmers Home Administration (FmHA), or child care subsidy
				  shall not be deductible. Any portion of the expense not covered by the vendor
				  payment or reimbursement is deductible.
(c) Expenses shall only be deductible if the
				  service is provided by a person outside the food stamp household and the
				  household makes a money payment for the service. Expenses shall not be
				  deductible if compensation paid by the household for the service is paid
				  through an in-kind benefit such as food or lodging in exchange for child care.
				  An expense covered by an excluded reimbursement or vendor payment shall not be
				  deductible. For example, the portion of rent covered by excluded vendor
				  payments shall not be calculated as part of the household's shelter
				  cost.
(d) Unless an expense is
				  averaged, an expense shall be allowed only in the month it becomes due
				  regardless of when the household intends to pay the expense. Amounts which are
				  past due shall not be deductible even if included with the most recent billing
				  and which are actually paid by the household. A particular expense shall only
				  be deducted once.
(1) Recurring monthly
				  deductible expenses such as rent and utility cost shall be allowed once a
				  month. Interim adjustment need not be made because two bills were received in
				  the same month. For example, if a household certified from August through
				  October is billed for electricity in August, in early September for September,
				  and again in late September for October, the household shall be allowed a
				  deduction for each of the three months from August through October.
(2) If a renter or boarder has agreed with
				  the landlord to pay certain utility costs, but the utilities are billed in the
				  landlord's name, the household shall be allowed a deduction for the utility
				  costs which are paid to the landlord. Although the household is not billed for
				  the expense, the expense is otherwise due. When two households reside in the
				  same home, share utility expenses, and only one household is billed for the
				  utility expenses, both households may claim utility expenses since both pay for
				  utilities.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 676 - INCOME › Subchapter 8 - AVAILABILITY AND VERIFICATION OF INCOME › Section 17-676-75 - Availability and verification of income in the financial assistance programs

Current through June, 2024
(a) All individuals shall apply for and
				  develop potential sources of income.
(b) The department shall deny or terminate
				  financial assistance when the individual fails to apply for and develop
				  potential sources of income and fails to provide the department with
				  verification to determine the amount of the income.
(c) When the department determines that an
				  assistance unit has failed to cooperate in providing information, supported by
				  documents to determine eligibility or the amount of assistance, the assistance
				  unit shall be ineligible for financial assistance. Failure to cooperate
				  includes, but is not limited to failure to provide accurate and complete
				  information, failure to provide verification, or any other action on the part
				  of the individual that prevents a correct determination of eligibility or
				  amount of assistance.
(d) In the
				  financial assistance programs, when the individual fails to apply for and
				  develop a specific source of income, but provides the department with
				  verification of the amount the individual is entitled to receive, that amount
				  shall be budgeted in determining eligibility and the amount of
				  assistance.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 676 - INCOME › Subchapter 8 - AVAILABILITY AND VERIFICATION OF INCOME › Section 17-676-76 - Availability and verification of income in the food stamp program

Current through June, 2024
(a) Gross nonexempt income shall be verified
				  for all households prior to certification. However, where all attempts to
				  verify income have been unsuccessful, because the income provider fails to
				  cooperate with the household and the department, and all other sources of
				  verification are unavailable, the department shall determine an amount to be
				  used, based on the best available information.
(b) The department shall use documentary
				  evidence as the primary source of verification. Whenever documentary evidence
				  cannot be obtained, alternate sources such as collateral contacts and home
				  visits shall be used for verification.
(c) The department shall determine on a case
				  by case basis when to verify loans, but shall verify loans in any questionable
				  case. When verifying that income is exempt as a loan, a statement signed by
				  both parties indicating the payment is a loan which shall be repaid shall be
				  sufficient verification. However, if the household receives payments on a
				  recurrent or regular basis from the same source but claims the payments are
				  loans, the department may also require that the provider of the loan sign a
				  statement which states that repayments are being made or that payments will be
				  made in accordance with an established repayment schedule.
(d) Earned income may be verified through
				  documents from the applicant including, but not limited to:
(1) Pay stubs;
(2) Pay envelope;
(3) Employee's W-2 forms;
(4) Wage tax receipts;
(5) State or federal income tax
				  return;
(6) Self-employment
				  bookkeeping records; or
(7) Sales
				  and expenditure records.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 676 - INCOME › Subchapter 9 - DISREGARDED INCOME AND INCOME EXEMPTIONS IN THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Section 17-676-80 - Income exemptions in the financial assistance programs

Current through June, 2024
The department shall exempt all of the following income in
					 determining the amount of the financial assistance payment:
(1) Earned income of each child if the child
				  is a full-time student or is a part-time student who is not a full-time
				  employee;
(2) The value of the food
				  stamp payments under the Food Stamp Act of 1977,
				  7 U.S.C.
				  §§2011 -
				  2027;
(3) The value of the U. S. Department of
				  Agriculture donated foods (surplus commodities);
(4) Any payment received under Title II of
				  the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of
				  1970,
				  42
				  U.S.C. §§4601 -
				  4655;
(5) Payments distributed per capita to or
				  held in trust for member of any Indian tribe under 25 U.S.C. §§1179,
				  1261 -
				  1265, 1305,
				  1401
				  -
				  1407,
				  459 -
				  459 e, and 1626 and
				  Pub. L. No. 94-540. Effective October 17, 1975, pursuant to
				  25
				  U.S.C. §459 e, receipts distributed to
				  members of certain Indian tribes which are referred to in
				  25
				  U.S.C. §459 d;
(6) Certain Indian judgment funds, as
				  provided under Pub. L. No. 93-134, §7 and amended by
				  25 U.S.C.
				  §1407, including those funds:
(A) Held in trust by the Secretary of the
				  Interior (including interest and investment income accrued while such funds are
				  so held in trust); or
(B)
				  Distributed per capita to a household or member of an Indian tribe in
				  accordance with a plan prepared by the Secretary of the Interior and not
				  disapproved by a joint resolution of the Congress; and
(C) Initial purchases made with such funds.
				  This exclusion does not apply to the proceeds from the sale of initial
				  purchases, or to funds or initial purchases which are inherited or
				  transferred;
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 676 - INCOME › Subchapter 11 - DISREGARDED INCOME AND INCOME EXEMPTIONS IN THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM › Section 17-676-88 - Income exclusions

Current through June, 2024
(a) Any gain or
				  benefit not in the form of money payable directly to the household such as
				  nonmonetary or in-kind benefits shall be excluded from household income
				  including, but not limited to, meals, clothing, public housing, or produce from
				  a garden.
(b) Money payments that
				  are not payable directly to the household but are paid to a third party for a
				  household expense shall be considered a vendor payment as specified in section
				  17-676-89.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 676 - INCOME › Subchapter 11 - DISREGARDED INCOME AND INCOME EXEMPTIONS IN THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM › Section 17-676-89 - Vendor payments

Current through June, 2024
(a) Excluded vendor
				  payments means payments made in money on behalf of a household, by a person or
				  organization outside the household, using its own funds to make direct payment
				  to either the household's creditors or a person or organization providing a
				  service to the household.
(b) Rent
				  or mortgage payments and utility reimbursements paid to a landlord or mortgagee
				  by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Farmers Home
				  Administration (FmHA), or the Hawaii Housing Authority (HHA) shall be vendor
				  payments.
(c) If an employer,
				  agency, former spouse, or other person makes payments on household expenses to
				  a third party from funds not owed to the household these payments shall be
				  excluded as vendor payments.
(d)
				  Payments by a government agency to a child care institution to provide day care
				  for a household member shall also be excluded as vendor payments.
(e) All or part of a financial assistance
				  grant which is not made directly to the household, but paid to a third party on
				  behalf of the household to pay a household expense, shall be considered an
				  excludable vendor payment and not counted as income to the household if such
				  financial assistance payment is for:
(1)
				  Medical assistance;
(2) Child care
				  assistance; or
(3) Energy
				  assistance.