Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part II - Public Assistance Manual › Subpart D - Determination of Need and Amount of Assistance › Chapter 183 - INCOME › INCOME POLICY FOR TANF/GA › Section 183.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
						have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
						otherwise:
Actual income
-Income which is received
						in the budget month.
Budget group
-One or more related or
						unrelated individuals who occupy a common residence or would occupy a common
						residence if they were not homeless and whose needs and eligibility are
						considered together in determining eligibility for cash assistance under one
						category of assistance.
Budget month
-The calendar month from
						which actual income and circumstances are used to determine eligibility and the
						amount of the monthly assistance payment. The term is referred to as the
						reporting period on the Monthly Reporting Form.
Deemed income
-Income which is considered
						available regardless of whether actually received.
Earned income
-Cash or income-in-kind
						received by the client in return for services rendered.
Full-time employment
-Employment which
						averages at least 30 hours per week in a calendar month.
Gross income
-Total earned income,
						excluding earned income tax credit (EITC), before allowable deductions such as
						work and personal expenses, and total unearned income before allowable
						deductions.
LRR-Legally Responsible Relative
-A
						spouse, or the natural or adoptive parent of a TANF dependent child, of a GA
						unemancipated child 18 years of age or younger or of a GA minor parent. The
						term does not include a putative father.
Life threatening emergency
-A natural
						disaster, such as a flood, tornado, earthquake or an occurrence, such as a home
						or apartment fire, a serious illness or injury of a member of the budget group,
						a utility shut-off, eviction or other unforeseen events which cause a major
						loss of resources needed to sustain life or health.
Minor parent
-A TANF-eligible person
						under 18 years of age who has never been married and is the natural parent of a
						dependent child living with the minor parent, or is pregnant or a GA-eligible
						person 16 or 17 years of age who has never been married and is the natural
						parent of a dependent child living with the minor parent, or is
						pregnant.
Monthly assistance payment
-The amount of
						money issued monthly that is based on the family size allowance plus, if
						applicable, a special need allowance, reduced by the net income of the budget
						group.
Nonrecurring income
-Income that the
						client receives, usually in a single payment, that is not expected to continue.
						The term includes lump sum income.
Parent
-The natural or adoptive father or
						mother of one of the following:
(i) A
					 TANF dependent child.
(ii) A TANF
					 minor parent.
(iii) An
					 unemancipated child 18 years of age or younger who is eligible for GA,
					 including a minor parent subject to §
											141.21(p) and (q)
					 (relating to policy).
Part-time employment
-Employment which
						averages less than 30 hours per week in a calendar month.
Payment month
-The fiscal month for which
						the assistance payment is made.
Prospective budgeting
-The computation of
						the monthly assistance payment based on the best estimate of income and
						circumstances which will exist in the calendar month in which the monthly
						assistance payment is made.
Prospective determination
-The
						determination of eligibility based on the best estimate of income and
						circumstances which will exist in the calendar month in which the assistance
						payment is made.
Recurring income
-Income that is expected
						to continue, regardless of whether this income is received on a regular or
						irregular basis.
Reporting period
-The calendar month for
						which the client reports income and other circumstances.
Retrospective budgeting
-The computation
						of the amount of the assistance payment issued in the payment month based on
						actual income and circumstances which existed in the budget month. The budget
						month precedes the payment month by approximately 2 months.
Sponsor
-An individual who, or an
						organization which, executed an affidavit of support on behalf of an alien as a
						condition of the alien's entry into the United States.
Spouse
-A person who is married to
						another by legal ceremony or by common-law.
Stepparent
-A person who is married by
						legal ceremony or by common-law to the parent of a child.
TANF minor parent
-A minor 17 years of
						age or younger, whose own natural or adoptive child is eligible for TANF as a
						dependent child.
Unearned income
-Cash or contributions
						received by an individual for which the individual does not render a
						service.
The provisions of this §
													183.2 issued under section 403(b)
						  of the Public Welfare Code (62 P. S. §
														403(b)); amended under
						  sections 201 and 403(b) of the Public Welfare Code (62 P. S. §§
														201 and
						  403(b)).