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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 17-676-90 - Other types of excluded income

Current through June, 2024
Other types of excluded income shall include:
(1) All loans, including loans from private
				  individuals as well as commercial institutions, other than state loans to SSI
				  applicants;
(2) Cash donations, not
				  to exceed $300 in a federal fiscal year quarter, which are received by the
				  household based on need from one or more private nonprofit charitable
				  organizations;
(3) Any prospective
				  income in the certification period which is received too infrequently or
				  irregularly to be reasonably anticipated but not in excess of $30 in a
				  quarter;
(4) Money received in the
				  form of a nonrecurring lump sum payment, including, but not limited to, income
				  tax refunds, rebates or credits, retroactive lump sum social security payment,
				  SSI, public assistance, railroad retirement pension, unemployment compensation
				  benefits, or other payment, retroactive lump sum insurance settlements, refunds
				  of security deposits on rental property or utilities, or the annual adjustment
				  payment in the VA disability pension. These payments shall be counted as
				  resources in the month received, unless specifically excluded from
				  consideration as a resource by other laws;
(5) The cost of producing self-employment
				  income;
(6) The income of
				  nonhousehold members who have not been disqualified, including the income of
				  ineligible students as defined in chapter 17-663; and
(7) Any payment made to an E&T or FTW
				  participant for costs that are reasonably necessary and directly related to
				  participation in the E&T or FTW programs. These costs include, but are not
				  limited to, dependent care costs, transportation, other expenses related to
				  work, training or education, such as uniforms, personal safety items or other
				  necessary equipment, and books or training manuals. These costs shall not
				  include the cost of meals away from home. Also, the value of any dependent care
				  services provided for or arranged shall be excluded. Only expenses that are
				  paid by the household that are in excess of the payment received for the
				  preceding costs may be considered an allowable household deduction as specified
				  in section 17-676-72.
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 17-676-92 - Payments not considered income

Current through June, 2024
(a) Moneys withheld
				  from an assistance payment, earned income, or other income source, or money
				  received from any income source which is voluntarily or involuntarily returned
				  to repay a prior overpayment received from that income source, provided that
				  the overpayment was not excludable under sections 17-676-88 through 17-676-91,
				  shall not be considered income. However, moneys withheld from assistance from
				  another program, as specified in chapter 17-680 for purposes of recouping from
				  a household an overpayment which resulted from the household's intentional
				  failure to comply with the other program's requirements shall be included as
				  income.
(b) Child support payments
				  received by AFDC recipients which must be transferred to the agency
				  administering Title IV-D of the Social Security Act of 1935, as amended ( 42
				  U.S.C. §§644 -
				  667
				  ), to maintain AFDC eligibility, shall not be considered income.
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 17-676-95 - Moneys received for third parties

Current through June, 2024
If the intended beneficiaries of a single payment are both
					 household and nonhousehold members, any identifiable portion of the payment
					 intended and used for the care and maintenance of the nonhousehold member shall
					 be excluded. If the nonhousehold member's portion cannot be readily identified,
					 the payment shall be evenly prorated among intended beneficiaries and the
					 exclusion shall be applied to the nonhousehold member's prorata share or the
					 amount actually used for the nonhousehold member's care and maintenance,
					 whichever is less.
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 17-676-96 - Earnings of minors

Current through June, 2024
The earned income of any household member who is under age
					 eighteen, who is an elementary or secondary school student, and who lives with
					 a natural, adoptive, or stepparent or under the parental control of a household
					 member other than a parent. For purposes of this provision, an elementary or
					 secondary school student is someone who attends elementary or secondary school,
					 or who attends classes to obtain a General Equivalency Diploma that are
					 recognized, operated, or supervised by the student's state or local school
					 district, or who attends elementary or secondary classes through a home-school
					 program recognized or supervised by the student's state or local school
					 district. The exclusion shall continue to apply during temporary interruptions
					 in school attendance due to semester or vacation breaks, provided the child's
					 enrollment will resume following the break. If the child's earnings or amount
					 of work performed cannot be differentiated from that of other household
					 members, the total earnings shall be prorated equally among the working members
					 and the child's prorata share excluded.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 678 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE STANDARDS FOR INDIVIDUALS IN INDEPENDENT LIVING ARRANGEMENTS, RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES, OR DOMICILIARY CARE HOMES › Section 17-678-1 - Purpose

Current through June, 2024
The purpose of this chapter is to establish the standards
				  used to determine eligibility and the amount of financial assistance for
				  applicants and recipients living in independent living arrangements,
				  residential treatment facilities, or domiciliary care homes.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 678 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE STANDARDS FOR INDIVIDUALS IN INDEPENDENT LIVING ARRANGEMENTS, RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES, OR DOMICILIARY CARE HOMES › Section 17-678-3 - Monthly assistance allowance for GA and AABD individuals in independent living arrangements or residential treatment facilities

Current through June, 2024
(a) The monthly assistance allowance shall be
				the basic needs expressed in a dollar amount per individual or family. The
				monthly assistance allowance includes cost for food, household supplies,
				personal essentials, educational and community activities, laundry,
				transportation, telephone, household equipment, household repairs, pregnancy
				diet, and shelter.
(b) For a
				household receiving financial assistance under the aid to the aged, blind or
				disabled programs, the monthly assistance allowance shall be forty-eight per
				cent of the standard of need.
(c)
				For a household receiving financial assistance under the general assistance
				program, the monthly assistance shall be established by the department.
(1) The department's goal is to set a monthly
				assistance allowance, to the extent practicable at the greatest amount of
				money, excluding the cost of administering the general assistance program, for
				the greatest number of people within the limits of the appropriation.
(2) The monthly assistance allowance shall be
				a percentage of the standard of need and shall not exceed fifty percent of the
				standard of need.
(3) The monthly
				assistance allowance shall be computed as follows:
(A) Subtract the cost of administering the
				general assistance program from the appropriation for the following fiscal
				year; and
(B) Determine the initial
				allowance for the following fiscal year by dividing the average monthly
				recipient caseload for the most current four months that reflect the actual
				recipient caseload for which data is available of the current fiscal year into
				the remaining appropriation for the following fiscal year.
(4) The monthly assistance allowance shall be
				reviewed, and re-computed in accordance with paragraph (3), no less frequently
				than every four months.
(5)
				Effective April 1, 2005, at the time of the initial computation in paragraph 3
				and the review described in paragraph 4:
(A)
				The monthly assistance allowance shall be adjusted if there is a variance of
				more than ten percent from the average monthly payment for the current
				month.
(B) The monthly assistance
				allowance may be adjusted, at the department's discretion, if there is a
				variance of ten percent or less from the average monthly payment for the
				current month.
(6) Any
				projected balance remaining at the end of the fiscal year shall be distributed,
				in an equal monthly amount, to all recipients who received benefits in the
				fiscal year, for each month they received benefits.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 678 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE STANDARDS FOR INDIVIDUALS IN INDEPENDENT LIVING ARRANGEMENTS, RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES, OR DOMICILIARY CARE HOMES › Section 17-678-3.01 - Monthly assistance allowance for TANF individuals in independent living arrangements or residential treatment facilities

Current through June, 2024
(a) The
				monthly assistance allowance shall be the basic needs expressed in a dollar
				amount per individual or household. The monthly assistance allowance includes
				cost for food, household supplies, personal essentials, educational and
				community activities, laundry, transportation, telephone, household equipment,
				household repairs, pregnancy diet, and shelter.
(b) The monthly assistance allowance for TANF
				individuals in independent living arrangements or residential treatment
				facilities shall be forty-right per cent of the standard of need.
(1) After the first two full months of
				assistance, the monthly assistance allowance for work eligible households shall
				be reduced by twenty percent; provided that the reduction shall not apply to a
				work eligible household in which each adult in the assistance unit is an
				independent minor parent and is a full-time student, as defined in section
				17-656.1-2.
(2) The two full months
				of assistance shall be counted from the month following the month a work
				eligible household is informed of the work requirements of the TANF program and
				shall be allowed once in a work eligible household's history of receiving TANF
				assistance.
(3) A full month shall
				be a month in which the household is eligible for an assistance payment and the
				payment is not prorated.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 678 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE STANDARDS FOR INDIVIDUALS IN INDEPENDENT LIVING ARRANGEMENTS, RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES, OR DOMICILIARY CARE HOMES › Section 17-678-4 - Standard of need

Current through June, 2024
(a) For individuals in independent living
				arrangements or residential treatment facilities, the monthly standard of need
				shall be one hundred per cent of the federal poverty level established by the
				federal government in 2006:
(1) The federal
				poverty level for Hawaii shall be divided by twelve to determine the monthly
				amount; and
(2) The monthly amount
				determined in subparagraph (1) shall be rounded off to the next lower whole
				dollar.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 678 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE STANDARDS FOR INDIVIDUALS IN INDEPENDENT LIVING ARRANGEMENTS, RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES, OR DOMICILIARY CARE HOMES › Section 17-678-5 - Standard of assistance

Current through June, 2024
(a) For individuals
				in independent living arrangements, the standard of assistance shall be the
				total dollar value of the monthly assistance allowance and special circumstance
				allowance.
(b) For individuals in
				residential treatment facilities, the standard of assistance shall be the
				dollar value of the monthly assistance allowance.
(c) For individuals in domiciliary care
				homes, the standard of assistance shall be the dollar value as authorized by
				the legislature.
(d) The amounts
				used to determine the applicant or recipient's standard of assistance shall not
				be rounded off.
(e) The applicant
				or recipient's total standard of assistance shall be rounded off to the next
				lower whole dollar before any other computations are made.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 678 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE STANDARDS FOR INDIVIDUALS IN INDEPENDENT LIVING ARRANGEMENTS, RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES, OR DOMICILIARY CARE HOMES › Section 17-678-6 - Determining assistance for individuals in domiciliary care homes

Current through June, 2024
(a) The payment shall be a sum total of
				requirements that includes room and board, personal needs, and cost of personal
				care as established by the legislature.
(b) For those domiciliary care homes or homes
				for which state law requires the rate of payment to be determined on the same
				basis as domiciliary care homes that are classified as facility type I or type
				II, the dollar value shall be as authorized by the legislature.
(c) The certification of an individual into a
				residential care home shall be made by a licensed physician, an adult
				residential care home placement organization, licensed social service provider,
				or by staff of the developmental disabilities branch of the department of
				health.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 678 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE STANDARDS FOR INDIVIDUALS IN INDEPENDENT LIVING ARRANGEMENTS, RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES, OR DOMICILIARY CARE HOMES › Section 17-678-7 - Rental deposit

Current through June, 2024
(a) Rental deposits
				for securing housing shall be provided as incurred, not to exceed the following
				amounts:
Household Size
Amount
1
$196
2
245
3
284
4
325
5
360
6
403
7 or more
452
(b)
				Rental deposit shall be paid only once, per family, after July 1,
				1975.
(c) When the initial deposit
				is less than the rental deposit maximum, an additional allowance, as paid,
				equal to the difference between the first deposit and the rental deposit
				maximum shall be provided.
(d)
				Another rental deposit, up to rental deposit maximum, shall be allowed when the
				recipient must move to another dwelling because of the following reasons:
(1) Housing is lost due to natural disaster;
				or
(2) The housing unit is
				condemned by a governmental agency.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 678 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE STANDARDS FOR INDIVIDUALS IN INDEPENDENT LIVING ARRANGEMENTS, RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES, OR DOMICILIARY CARE HOMES › Section 17-678-8 - Utilities deposit

Current through June, 2024
(a) After July 1,
				1975, a family shall be allowed a one-time deposit, as incurred, to connect
				gas, electricity, and water.
(b) A
				family shall be allowed a second utility deposit, as incurred, if housing is
				lost due to natural disaster, or when the housing unit is condemned by a
				governmental agency.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 678 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE STANDARDS FOR INDIVIDUALS IN INDEPENDENT LIVING ARRANGEMENTS, RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES, OR DOMICILIARY CARE HOMES › Section 17-678-9 - Repair or replacement of household appliance

Current through June, 2024
(a) When a
				recipient who owns a household appliance, requests repair or replacement of a
				household appliance, the recipient shall provide verification to the department
				of the cost to repair the appliance as well as the cost of replacing the
				household items.
(b) The cost of
				obtaining estimates of repair costs shall be authorized by the
				department.
(c) When the repair
				cost is less than one-half of the replacement cost and does not exceed $350,
				repair cost shall be authorized by the department.
(d) When the repair cost is more than
				one-half of the replacement cost or exceeds $350, replacement cost, as paid,
				not to exceed $350, shall be authorized by the department.
(e) The cost to repair a refrigerator and
				range shall be limited to $350 in a twelve month period.
(f) Replacement of a refrigerator and range,
				owned by a recipient, shall be limited to once in a twelve-month period except
				in the instance of a natural disaster. Replacement or repair of a refrigerator
				and a range shall be authorized by the department as an exception when the
				household appliance is lost or damaged in a natural disaster according to
				subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d).
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 678 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE STANDARDS FOR INDIVIDUALS IN INDEPENDENT LIVING ARRANGEMENTS, RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES, OR DOMICILIARY CARE HOMES › Section 17-678-10 - Allowance for general assistance recipients assigned to temporary labor force (TLF)

Current through June, 2024
(a) A general
				assistance recipient, assigned to the temporary labor force (TLF) shall be
				allowed $33 a month to cover costs of transportation, restaurant meals,
				equipment, material, and other personal essentials attributable to this
				assignment.
(b) Safety shoes as a
				special item shall be purchased for the recipient, by a purchase order if:
(1) Safety shoes are required on the TLF
				project;
(2) The recipient does not
				possess a pair of safety shoes; and
(3) Verification is received by the
				department that the recipient has actually reported to the TLF work
				site.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 678 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE STANDARDS FOR INDIVIDUALS IN INDEPENDENT LIVING ARRANGEMENTS, RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES, OR DOMICILIARY CARE HOMES › Section 17-678-11 - Natural disaster assistance

Current through June, 2024
(a) An additional
				payment shall be provided to eligible recipients who are in need because of a
				natural disaster.
(b) Recipients
				who have not received the monthly payment provided by the department at the
				beginning of the month and recipients who receive the total monthly
				requirements for food and shelter from the American Red Cross or other sources,
				shall not be eligible for emergency assistance.
(c) Recipients who are in need shall receive
				the following assistance:
(1) The total
				monthly assistance allowance if the loss occurs prior to the sixteenth of the
				month; or
(2) Seventy-five per cent
				of the monthly assistance allowance if the natural disaster occurs on or after
				the sixteenth of the month.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 678 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE STANDARDS FOR INDIVIDUALS IN INDEPENDENT LIVING ARRANGEMENTS, RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES, OR DOMICILIARY CARE HOMES › Section 17-678-12 - Payment for special circumstance allowances

Current through June, 2024
Assistance payment shall be authorized when the need for the
				  following items are verified and reported to the department within ten days of
				  the special circumstance occurring:
(1) Rental deposits;
(2) Utility deposits;
(3) Repair or replacement of household
				appliances;
(4) Allowance for
				general assistance recipients assigned to a temporary labor force (TLF);
				and
(5) Natural disaster
				assistance.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 678 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE STANDARDS FOR INDIVIDUALS IN INDEPENDENT LIVING ARRANGEMENTS, RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES, OR DOMICILIARY CARE HOMES › Section 17-678-12.1 - Eligibility for child care costs

Current through June, 2024
(a) The department
				may provide child care services to AFDC households as specified in chapter
				17-798.
(b) The income maintenance
				unit shall issue the child care payment when an adult, who is included in the
				assistance unit is employed and is not active with a First-to-Work or Child
				Care Connection unit, and the household meets all the eligibility requirements
				for child care as specified in chapter 17-798.
(c) A parent who is required to be included
				in the household as specified in section 17-647-12, who does not met
				citizenship requirements as specified in section 17-655-41 or has been excluded
				as specified in section 17-656.1-17, may be eligible for a child care payment
				through the income maintenance unit, provided the parent is employed and not
				receiving child care from another source and the household meets all the
				eligibility requirements for child care as specified in chapter
				17-798.
(d) A household who meets
				the conditions of subsection (b) or (c), whose financial assistance payment has
				been suspended in accordance with section 17-680-11(c), may be eligible for a
				child care payment through the income maintenance unit for the suspended
				month.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 678 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE STANDARDS FOR INDIVIDUALS IN INDEPENDENT LIVING ARRANGEMENTS, RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES, OR DOMICILIARY CARE HOMES › Section 17-678-13 - Payment for domiciliary care home changes

Current through June, 2024
(a) When an
				individual resides in a domiciliary care home for a part of the month, the
				monthly level of care cost shall be based upon a proration of a standard thirty
				day month to determine the cost of the partial monthly care.
(b) The standard of assistance shall include
				the partial monthly level of care cost and the needs for the previous or new
				living arrangement.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 678 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE STANDARDS FOR INDIVIDUALS IN INDEPENDENT LIVING ARRANGEMENTS, RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES, OR DOMICILIARY CARE HOMES › Section 17-678-14 - Bedholding in domiciliary care homes

Current through June, 2024
(a) Bedholding
				shall be allowed when the individual is temporarily admitted to a medical
				institution or goes home on a trial basis or on an emergency.
(b) Bedholding shall not exceed a maximum of
				thirty days at any one time.
(c)
				Payment for bedholding shall be determined as follows:
(1) For the first seven days, payment shall
				be based upon a proration of the level of care applicable to the individual's
				level of care;
(2) For the eighth
				through the thirtieth day, payment shall be based upon a proration of the sum
				of the one person monthly assistance allowance as specified in section
				17-678-3; and
(3) The proration in
				paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be based on a thirty day month.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 678 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE STANDARDS FOR INDIVIDUALS IN INDEPENDENT LIVING ARRANGEMENTS, RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES, OR DOMICILIARY CARE HOMES › Subchapter 2 - BENEFIT REDUCTION PROCEDURES FOR THE GENERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Section 17-678-17 - REPEALED

Current through June, 2024
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 678 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE STANDARDS FOR INDIVIDUALS IN INDEPENDENT LIVING ARRANGEMENTS, RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES, OR DOMICILIARY CARE HOMES › Subchapter 2 - BENEFIT REDUCTION PROCEDURES FOR THE GENERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Section 17-678-17.1 - General Statement

Current through June, 2024
This subchapter sets forth the rules to be followed if the
					 monthly benefit amount determined in accordance with section
					 17-678-3 is changed, suspended, or
					 terminated to comply with section
					 346-53,
					 Hawaii Revised Statutes, as amended.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 678 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE STANDARDS FOR INDIVIDUALS IN INDEPENDENT LIVING ARRANGEMENTS, RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES, OR DOMICILIARY CARE HOMES › Subchapter 2 - BENEFIT REDUCTION PROCEDURES FOR THE GENERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Section 17-678-18 - REPEALED

Current through June, 2024
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 678 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE STANDARDS FOR INDIVIDUALS IN INDEPENDENT LIVING ARRANGEMENTS, RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES, OR DOMICILIARY CARE HOMES › Subchapter 2 - BENEFIT REDUCTION PROCEDURES FOR THE GENERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Section 17-678-18.1 - Nature of benefit change action

Current through June, 2024
(a) To avoid an
				  over or under expenditure of funds appropriated by the legislature of the State
				  of Hawaii for the General Assistance program, action to comply with section
				  346-53,
				  Hawaii Revised Statutes may include:
(1)
				  Suspension or cancellation of benefits for one or more months;
(2) Increase or reduction in benefits for one
				  or more months; or
(3) A
				  combination of reduction, suspension, and termination for one or more months
				  until the first month of the state fiscal year.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 678 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE STANDARDS FOR INDIVIDUALS IN INDEPENDENT LIVING ARRANGEMENTS, RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES, OR DOMICILIARY CARE HOMES › Subchapter 2 - BENEFIT REDUCTION PROCEDURES FOR THE GENERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Section 17-678-19 - REPEALED

Current through June, 2024
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 678 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE STANDARDS FOR INDIVIDUALS IN INDEPENDENT LIVING ARRANGEMENTS, RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES, OR DOMICILIARY CARE HOMES › Subchapter 2 - BENEFIT REDUCTION PROCEDURES FOR THE GENERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Section 17-678-19.1 - Implementation of benefit changes, suspensions, and terminations

Current through June, 2024
(a) When the director notifies the department
				  of a decision to change the monthly benefits in compliance with section
				  17-678-3, the date the change is to take effect, and the percentage of change
				  to the benefit for each household size, the department shall take action to
				  effect the change for the affected month by:
(1) Making necessary computer
				  adjustments;
(2) Reproducing the
				  benefit amounts as determined by the director and distributing these tables to
				  the issuance staff; and
(3)
				  Ensuring that all households whose benefits would be less than $10 shall
				  receive a minimum benefit of $10 except as provided in section
				  17-678-18.1(c).
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 680 - ELIGIBILITY AND BENEFIT DETERMINATION › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 17-680-1 - Purpose

Current through June, 2024
The purpose of this chapter is to establish how
					 eligibility and the amount of benefits will be determined for the financial and
					 food stamps assistance programs.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 680 - ELIGIBILITY AND BENEFIT DETERMINATION › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 17-680-2 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
As used in this chapter: "Payment month" means the
					 calendar month for which the department shall issue or provide benefits.
"Prospective budgeting" means the department's best
					 estimate of the income and circumstances which will exist in a current or
					 future calendar month. This estimate shall be based on the department's
					 reasonable expectation and knowledge of current, past, or future
					 circumstances.
"Report month" means any calendar month in which a change
					 must be reported or in which a six month report is due.
"Verified upon receipt" means information that is complete
					 and accurate and does not require any further verification. This includes
					 payment information provided by the income source such as, but not limited to,
					 the Social Security Administration regarding social security and SSI benefits,
					 the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) regarding unemployment
					 insurance benefits (UIB), and the Child Support Enforcement Agency (CSEA)
					 regarding child support income or payments. Verified upon receipt also includes
					 information provided by an originating source such as, but not limited to, the
					 household reporting a member has left the household or one of the department's
					 work programs recommending sanction of a household member.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 680 - ELIGIBILITY AND BENEFIT DETERMINATION › Subchapter 2 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROVISIONS › Section 17-680-6 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
As used in this subchapter:
"Assistance unit" means persons whose needs, income, and
					 assets are considered in determining eligibility and the amount of
					 assistance.
"Change in circumstance" means any event, reported or
					 unreported to the department, which alters or changes the conditions on which
					 eligibility for or the amount of assistance was last determined. Changes in
					 circumstance shall include, but not be limited to, changes in household
					 composition, employment, educational or training status, rehabilitation status,
					 the source of income, the amount of income, the recipient's needs, residence,
					 or the severity of a disability or blindness.
"Disregarded income" means that portion of the
					 individual's earned or unearned income which the department shall not budget or
					 consider in determining eligibility for or the amount of the financial
					 assistance payment.
"Family" means any person or persons requesting or
					 receiving assistance.
"Lump sum income" means income received or available to be
					 received by an individual that would not normally be repeated. Lump sum income
					 may be paid in one or several payments, provided there is a set amount owed to
					 the individual, the purpose of the payments is to liquidate the amount owed,
					 and the payments are never intended to be of a continuous nature. Examples of
					 lump sum income include, but shall not be limited to annual tax refunds defined
					 as income, retroactive social security benefits, retroactive earned income,
					 insurance settlements, or intermittent income.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 680 - ELIGIBILITY AND BENEFIT DETERMINATION › Subchapter 2 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROVISIONS › Section 17-680-7 - General Requirements

Current through June, 2024
(a) Prospective
				  eligibility shall be used to determine eligibility for financial assistance
				  which shall include the department's best estimate of the family's standard of
				  assistance, standard of need, monthly assistance allowance, family's assets,
				  family's income, and other eligibility factors in the payment month.
(b) The family shall be ineligible for
				  assistance in any payment month the department prospectively determines the
				  family's income equals or exceeds the family's standard of assistance, the
				  equity value of the family's assets exceeds the family's personal reserve
				  standard, or when the family fails to meet other eligibility
				  conditions.
(c) The monthly
				  assistance allowance, standard of need, and standard of assistance under
				  chapter 17-678 shall apply in determining eligibility and the amount of the
				  financial assistance.
(d) The
				  financial assistance payment shall be rounded down to the next lower whole
				  dollar.
(e) The minimum monthly
				  financial assistance payment shall be $10:
(1) When the monthly financial assistance
				  payment is less than $10, no payment shall be made; and
(2) The family shall be considered a
				  financial assistance recipient for all other purposes, including eligibility
				  for medical assistance.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 680 - ELIGIBILITY AND BENEFIT DETERMINATION › Subchapter 2 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROVISIONS › Section 17-680-8 - Gross income limit

Current through June, 2024
An assistance unit shall be ineligible for financial
					 assistance when the assistance unit's total gross income exceeds one hundred
					 eighty-five per cent of the family's standard of need. When the department
					 determines that:
(1) An applicant's
				  gross income will be in excess of the one hundred eighty-five per cent limit,
				  the applicant shall be ineligible for that payment month; and
(2) The recipient's gross income expected in
				  a current or future payment month will be in excess of the one hundred
				  eighty-five per cent limit or the recipient's gross income received in a
				  current or prior payment month exceeds the one hundred eighty-five per cent
				  limit, the recipient shall be ineligible for that payment month.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 680 - ELIGIBILITY AND BENEFIT DETERMINATION › Subchapter 2 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROVISIONS › Section 17-680-9 - Net income limit

Current through June, 2024
An assistance unit shall be ineligible for financial
					 assistance when the assistance unit's total net income exceeds the family's
					 standard of assistance. When the department determines that:
(1) An applicant's net income will be in
				  excess of the standard of assistance, the applicant shall be ineligible for
				  that payment month; and
(2) The
				  recipient's net income expected in a current or future payment month will be in
				  excess of the standard of assistance or the recipient's net income received in
				  a prior or current payment month exceeds the recipient's standard of
				  assistance, the recipient shall be ineligible for that payment month.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 680 - ELIGIBILITY AND BENEFIT DETERMINATION › Subchapter 2 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROVISIONS › Section 17-680-10.1 - Prospective eligibility for all financial assistance households

Current through June, 2024
(a) Eligibility is determined prospectively
				  based on the department's best estimate of the household's composition,
				  countable income and assets, and other eligibility factors that are expected to
				  exist in a current month and future month.
(b) Ineligibility shall be determined as
				  follows:
(1) For simplified reporting
				  households the household shall be ineligible:
(A) In the month the household's income is
				  anticipated to exceed the gross income limit or the net income limit or there
				  is a change in household composition which results in ineligibility;
				  or
(B) The month following the
				  month other eligibility factors become known to the department and results in
				  ineligibility.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 680 - ELIGIBILITY AND BENEFIT DETERMINATION › Subchapter 2 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROVISIONS › Section 17-680-11.1 - Prospective budgeting for all financial assistance households

Current through June, 2024
(a) A household's financial assistance
				  benefits shall be determined using the household composition and the best
				  estimate of the household's countable income that will exist in the payment
				  month.
(b) The best estimate of
				  income shall be determined as specified in chapter 17-676.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 680 - ELIGIBILITY AND BENEFIT DETERMINATION › Subchapter 2 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROVISIONS › Section 17-680-11.2 - Financial assistance households subject to simplified reporting

Current through June, 2024
(a) For changes reported on the six month
				  report, any change of monthly gross income in excess of one hundred per cent of
				  the federal poverty limit, and any change in household composition:
(1) All information shall be
				  verified.
(2) Changes which result
				  in an increase or decrease of benefits shall take effect the month following
				  the month the change is verified.
(3) Changes which result in prospective
				  ineligibility shall be effective the month the change occurs.
(4) Action shall not be taken on changes that
				  will not continue in future months.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 680 - ELIGIBILITY AND BENEFIT DETERMINATION › Subchapter 2 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROVISIONS › Section 17-680-11.3 - Financial assistance households subject to change reporting

Current through June, 2024
(a) For changes required to be reported by
				  change reporting households and other changes that become known to the
				  department, the department shall:
(1) Act on
				  the change, even if it results in a decrease in benefits if the household has
				  provided verification of the change or if the information is considered
				  verified upon receipt.
(2) Request
				  the household submit the missing verification within ten days if the household
				  has not provided verification.
(A) If the
				  household provides verification within ten days, the department shall take
				  action to increase or decrease benefits based on the verified
				  information.
(B) If the missing
				  verification is not received within ten days or if the verification is still
				  incomplete, the department shall terminate benefits based on the household's
				  failure to comply.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 680 - ELIGIBILITY AND BENEFIT DETERMINATION › Subchapter 2 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROVISIONS › Section 17-680-12 - Benefit determination

Current through June, 2024
(a) The monthly
				  financial assistance payment for individuals, who are prospectively determined
				  eligible, shall be determined by subtracting the monthly net income from the
				  monthly standard of assistance regardless of the date of application.
(b) The monthly financial assistance payment
				  shall be provided as follows:
(1) Recipients
				  shall be provided the full monthly financial assistance payment;
(2) Applicants shall be provided the full
				  monthly financial assistance payment when they apply on the first of the month;
				  or
(3) Applicants shall be provided
				  a prorated initial monthly financial assistance payment when they apply between
				  the second to the end of the month as follows:
(A) When the family meets all conditions of
				  eligibility, financial assistance shall be provided from the date of
				  application;
(B) The department
				  shall use a standard thirty-day month in determining the amount of the
				  financial assistance payment. Any family applying on the thirty-first of a
				  month shall be treated as though it applied on the thirtieth of the
				  month;
(C) The department shall
				  multiply the amount of the monthly financial assistance by the ratio of
				  thirty-one minus the calendar day the family applied to a standard thirty-day
				  month. The department shall take the decimal quotient, obtained in calculating
				  the ratio, to an accuracy of four decimal places and drop the remaining
				  decimals. For example, the prorated financial assistance payment for a family
				  applying on the twelfth of a month whose monthly financial assistance amount is
				  $300 shall be calculated as follows: 31 - 12 = 19 ÷ 30 = .6333 ×
				  $300 = $189; and
(D) The prorated
				  financial assistance payment shall be rounded down to the next lower whole
				  dollar. The family who is eligible for a payment between $.01 and $9.99 prior
				  to rounding down shall not receive a payment but shall be considered a
				  financial assistance recipient for all other purposes.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 680 - ELIGIBILITY AND BENEFIT DETERMINATION › Subchapter 2 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROVISIONS › Section 17-680-13 - Processing changes in family size

Current through June, 2024
(a) When an
				  application is made to include an individual and the individual is
				  prospectively determined eligible to be added to the assistance unit, the
				  department shall determine the amount of financial assistance as follows:
(1) Determine the new standard of assistance
				  which includes the needs of the existing family members and the individual
				  being added;
(2) Include the income
				  prospectively of the individual being added pursuant to sections 17-676-51 and
				  17-680-10.1;
(3) Determine the
				  amount of the full month's financial assistance entitlement the family is
				  eligible to receive which includes the needs and income of the individual being
				  added for the month the individual is added;
(4) Determine the difference between the
				  amount obtained in paragraph (3) and the amount of the full month's financial
				  assistance entitlement the family received or was eligible to receive prior to
				  the individual being added; and
(5)
				  Determine the amount of the corrective payment or overpayment by multiplying
				  the amount obtained in paragraph (4) by the ratio of thirty-one minus the
				  calendar day the individual is eligible to be added, divided by a standard
				  thirty day month. The department shall take the decimal quotient, obtained in
				  calculating the ratio, to an accuracy of four decimal places and drop the
				  remaining decimals. For example, when an individual is added on the tenth of a
				  month and the difference obtained in paragraph (4) is $40, the corrective
				  payment or overpayment would be $28 (31 minus 10 = 21 divided by 30 = .7000 x
				  $40 = $28).
(A) When the amount obtained in
				  paragraph (3) is greater than the amount of the full month's financial
				  assistance entitlement the family received or was eligible to receive prior to
				  the individual being added, the family shall be eligible to receive a
				  corrective payment.
(B) When the
				  amount obtained in paragraph (3) is less than the amount of the full month's
				  financial assistance entitlement the family received or was eligible to receive
				  prior to the individual being added, the family shall be considered
				  overpaid.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 680 - ELIGIBILITY AND BENEFIT DETERMINATION › Subchapter 2 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROVISIONS › Section 17-680-14 - Budgeting of lump sum income

Current through June, 2024
(a) The gross
				  earned lump sum income shall be added to all other nonexempt gross monthly
				  earned income of the assistance unit and applicable categorical disregards
				  shall be applied in determining the monthly net earned income. When the
				  individual receives a lump sum or retroactive earned income, the earned income
				  disregards shall be allowed for the period during which the income is earned
				  rather than when it is paid.
(b)
				  The gross unearned lump sum income shall be added to the nonexempt gross
				  monthly unearned income of the assistance unit in determining the monthly gross
				  unearned income.
(c) The monthly
				  net earned income shall be added to the monthly gross unearned income in
				  determining the total monthly net income.
(d) When the assistance unit's total monthly
				  net income exceeds the standard of need because of receipt of earned or
				  unearned lump sum income, the following shall apply:
(1) The assistance unit shall be ineligible
				  for financial assistance for the number of months derived by dividing the total
				  monthly net income by the standard of need applicable to the assistance unit in
				  the month the lump sum income is received. The standard of need shall include
				  the needs of the family receiving financial assistance and any other individual
				  whose lump sum income is counted;
(2) All income remaining after this
				  calculation shall be counted as income available in the first month following
				  the period of ineligibility and shall be added to the total net monthly income;
				  and
(3) The period of ineligibility
				  shall begin as follows:
(A) The month the
				  lump sum income is received when the individual who received the lump sum
				  income is an applicant; or
(B) The
				  month following the month the lump sum income is received when the individual
				  who received the lump sum income is a recipient.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 680 - ELIGIBILITY AND BENEFIT DETERMINATION › Subchapter 2 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROVISIONS › Section 17-680-15 - Processing split payments

Current through June, 2024
(a) When an
				  assistance unit is composed of individuals categorically eligible to receive
				  assistance under the federally funded AFDC program and individuals receiving
				  Supplemental Security Income (SSI), the department shall determine financial
				  eligibility and the amount of the assistance payment separately for the AFDC
				  program and the state AABD program.
(b) A single financial assistance payment
				  shall be required in the following case situations:
(1) When an assistance unit consists of a
				  couple who are eligible to receive financial assistance in the state GA or AABD
				  program, the department shall determine financial eligibility and the amount of
				  the assistance payment as a couple;
(2) When an assistance unit is composed of
				  individuals categorically eligible to receive assistance under the state funded
				  AFDC program and other individuals eligible for financial assistance under the
				  state AABD program, the department shall determine financial eligibility as one
				  assistance unit; and
(3) When an
				  assistance unit is composed of individuals categorically eligible to receive
				  assistance under the AFDC program, the department shall determine financial
				  eligibility as one assistance unit.