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Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-449 - Aged, blind, or disabled › Section 388-449-0060 - Sequential evaluation process step II-How does the department review medical evidence to determine if I am eligible for benefits?

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When we receive your medical evidence, we review it to
				  determine if it is sufficient to decide whether your circumstances meet
				  disability requirements.
(1) We
				require written medical evidence to determine disability. The medical evidence
				must:
(a) Contain sufficient information as
				described under WAC
				388-449-0015;
(b) Be written by an acceptable medical
				source or treating provider described in WAC
				388-449-0010;
(c) Document the existence of a potentially
				disabling condition by an acceptable medical source described in WAC
				388-449-0010; and
(d) Document the impairment has lasted or is
				expected to last twelve continuous months or more with available treatment, or
				result in death.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-449 - Aged, blind, or disabled › Section 388-449-0070 - Sequential evaluation process step III - How does the department determine if you meet SSA listing of impairments criteria?

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We approve disability when we determine your impairment(s)
				  meet a listing described in appendix 1 to Subpart P of Part 404 within
				  Title
				  20 of the Code of Federal
				  Regulations.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 74.04.005,
					 74.04.050,
					 74.04.055,
					 74.04.057,
					 74.04.510,
					 74.08.090,
					 74.08A.100,
					 74.04.770,
					 74.04.0052,
					 74.04.655,
					 74.08.043,
					 74.08.335, and 2011 1st sp.s. c
					 36. 12-10-042, § 388-449-0070, filed 4/27/12, effective
					 6/1/12.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-449 - Aged, blind, or disabled › Section 388-449-0080 - Sequential evaluation process step IV-How does the department evaluate if I am able to perform relevant past work?

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(1) If we neither deny disability at Step 1
				or 2 nor approve it at Step 3, we consider our assessment of your physical
				and/or mental functional capacity, per WAC
				388-449-0020 and
				388-449-0030, to determine if you
				can do work you have done in the past.
(2) We evaluate your work experience to
				determine if you have relevant past work and transferable skills. "Relevant
				past work" means work:
(a) Defined as
				substantial gainful activity per WAC
				388-449-0005;
(b) You have performed in the past fifteen
				years; and
(c) You performed long
				enough to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to continue performing the
				job. You must meet the specific vocational preparation level as defined in
				Appendix C of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-449 - Aged, blind, or disabled › Section 388-449-0150 - When does my eligibility for aged, blind, or disabled (ABD) cash benefits end?

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(1) The maximum
				period of eligibility for ABD cash is 24 months before we must review
				additional medical evidence. If you remain on ABD cash at the end of the 24
				month period, we determine your eligibility using current medical
				evidence.
(2) If your application
				for SSI is denied:
(a) We review your
				eligibility for the ABD cash program;
(b) We stop your benefits if you do not
				provide proof you have filed an appeal with SSA within 60 days of a SSI denial
				for not being disabled.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-449 - Aged, blind, or disabled › Section 388-449-0200 - Am I eligible for cash assistance for aged, blind, or disabled (ABD) while waiting for supplemental security income (SSI)?

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(1) You may receive
				ABD benefits while you are waiting to receive supplemental security income
				(SSI) benefits only when you:
(a) Have filed
				your SSI application with the Social Security Administration (SSA), follow
				through with SSA directions and requirements to process your application
				including keeping all interview and consultative examination appointments, and
				do not withdraw your application;
(b) Agree to assign the initial or reinstated
				SSI payment to us provided under WAC
				388-449-0210;
(c) Are otherwise eligible according to WAC
				388-400-0060; and
(d) Meet disability criteria listed in WAC
				388-449-0001.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-449 - Aged, blind, or disabled › Section 388-449-0210 - What is interim assistance and how do I assign it to the department?

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The ABD and SSI programs both provide cash assistance to meet
				  your basic needs. You cannot receive this assistance for the same time period
				  from both programs. When you are approved for or reinstated on SSI, you may
				  receive a retroactive payment. When we made GA, DL, or ABD payments to you or
				  on your behalf for the same time period, you must assign your interim
				  assistance to repay us.
(1)
"Assign"
means that you sign a written authorization for the
				Social Security Administration (SSA) to send the SSI retroactive payment to
				us.
(2)
"Interim
				assistance"
means the monetary value of benefits we paid to you or on
				your behalf during:
(a) The time between your
				SSI application date and the month recurring SSI payments begin; or
(b) The period your SSI payments were
				suspended or terminated, and later reinstated.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-449 - Aged, blind, or disabled › Section 388-449-0220 - How does substance use affect my eligibility for the aged, blind, or disabled (ABD) cash and pregnant women assistance (PWA) programs?

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(1) For purposes of
				ABD, you must complete a substance use disorder assessment when we have
				information that indicates you may have a substance use disorder.
(2) For purposes of PWA, you must complete a
				substance use disorder assessment when we have information that indicates you
				may have a substance use disorder.
(3) You must participate in substance use
				disorder treatment if a certified substance use disorder professional indicates
				a need for treatment, unless you have good cause. Good cause includes, but is
				not limited to, the following reasons:
(a) We
				determine that your physical or mental health impairment prevents you from
				participating in treatment.
(b) The
				outpatient substance use disorder treatment you need isn't available in the
				county you live in.
(c) You need
				inpatient substance use disorder treatment at a location that you can't
				reasonably access.
(d) You are a
				parent or other relative personally providing care for a minor child or an
				incapacitated individual living in your household, child care or day care is
				necessary for you to participate in substance use disorder treatment, and such
				care is not available.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-449 - Aged, blind, or disabled › Section 388-449-0225 - Am I required to participate in vocational rehabilitation services if I receive ABD cash grant?

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You must participate in vocational rehabilitation services
				  through the division of vocational rehabilitation (DVR) if you are determined
				  to be eligible for DVR services.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 74.04.005,
					 74.04.050,
					 74.04.055,
					 74.04.057,
					 74.04.510,
					 74.08.090,
					 74.08A.100,
					 74.04.770,
					 74.04.0052,
					 74.04.655,
					 74.08.043,
					 74.08.335, and 2011 1st sp.s. c
					 36. 12-10-042, § 388-449-0225, filed 4/27/12, effective
					 6/1/12.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-449 - Aged, blind, or disabled › Section 388-449-0230 - What aged, blind, or disabled (ABD) program rules may the department implement during a state of emergency?

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During a declared state of emergency, the department may
				  implement the following rules to help mitigate impacts to clients:
(1) Postpone review of your ABD cash
				eligibility beyond the 24 month period required in WAC
				388-449-0150.
				The postponement of this review may occur retroactively to the date the
				governor declares the state of emergency.
(2) Accept a diagnosis of a medically
				determinable impairment from a "treating medical source" in subsection (2) of
				WAC
				388-449-0010,
				or the predictive risk intelligence system (PRISM).
(3) Accept functional medical evidence beyond
				90 days of the date of application or 45 days before the month of disability
				review, or otherwise waive the requirement of WAC
				388-449-0015(3)(e)
				in its entirety.
(4) Suspend or
				waive eligibility review requirements detailed in WAC
				388-434-0005
				for the ABD program.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-450 - Income › Section 388-450-0005 - How does the department decide if I own a type of income and if this income is available to meet my needs?

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This section applies to cash assistance and food
				  assistance.
(1) We count all available
				income owned or held by people in your assistance unit under chapter 388-408
				WAC to decide if you are eligible for benefits and calculate your monthly
				benefits when:
(a) You get or expect to get
				the income in the month.
(b) We
				must count the income based on rules under chapter 388-450 WAC.
(c) You own the income. We use state and
				federal laws about who owns property to decide if you actually own the income.
				If you are married, we decide if income is separate or community income
				according to
				chapter
				26.16 RCW.
(d) You have control over the income, which
				means the income is actually available to you. If you have a representative
				payee, protective payee, or other person who manages your income for you as
				described in chapter 388-460 WAC, we consider this as you having control over
				this income.
(e) You can use the
				income to meet your current needs. We count the gross amount of available
				income in the month your assistance unit gets it. If you normally get the
				income:
(i) On a specific day, we count it as
				available on that date.
(ii)
				Monthly or twice monthly and your pay date changes due to a reason beyond your
				control, such as a weekend or holiday, we count it in the month you would
				normally get it.
(iii) Weekly or
				every-other week and your pay date changes due to a reason beyond your control,
				we count it in the month you would normally get it.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-450 - Income › Section 388-450-0010 - The department takes some or all of your time-loss benefits if you get cash assistance while waiting for your claim to be processed

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(1) Some people who
				are hurt on the job can get time-loss benefits because of their injury. The
				time-loss benefits are paid by an agency, such as the department of labor and
				industries or a private insurance company.
(2) If you are an adult or minor child who
				gets cash assistance while waiting for your time-loss benefit claim to be
				processed, you are required to let the department take some or all of your
				time-loss benefits as repayment for your cash assistance. We will take our
				portion of the time-loss benefits before you get yours. You agree to this when
				you sign the application and accept your cash benefits.
(3) The amount of your time-loss benefits
				that we take will not be more than the total amount of cash assistance you got
				while waiting for your claim to be approved.
(4) If your assistance unit includes another
				adult to whom you are not married, the amount of your time-loss benefits we
				take may be less than the amount of cash assistance you received.
(5) Each time we take our portion from your
				time-loss benefits, the office of financial recovery (OFR) will send you a
				letter telling you how much we are taking.
(6) If you or your attorney claim that you
				are getting more time-loss benefits because of the help of your attorney, OFR
				will:
(a) First, figure out:
(i) How much of your time-loss benefits are a
				direct result of your attorney's work; and
(ii) Our proportionate share of your
				attorney's fees and costs for the amount we are taking; and
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-450 - Income › Section 388-450-0015 - What types of income are not used by the department to figure out my benefits?

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(1) We do not
				count the following types of income when we determine your cash assistance and
				basic food benefits:
(a) Bona fide loans as
				defined in WAC
				388-470-0045, except certain
				student loans as specified under WAC
				388-450-0035;
(b) Federal income tax refunds, earned income
				tax credit (EITC), and Washington's working families tax credit (WFTC) payments
				in the month received;
(c) Federal
				economic stimulus payments that are excluded for federal and federally assisted
				state programs;
(d) Federal $25
				supplemental weekly unemployment compensation payment authorized by the
				American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009;
(e) Title IV-E and state foster care
				maintenance payments if you choose not to include the foster child in your
				assistance unit;
(f) Energy
				assistance payments;
(g)
				Educational assistance we do not count under WAC
				388-450-0035;
(h) Native American benefits and payments we
				do not count under WAC
				388-450-0040;
(i) Income from employment and training
				programs we do not count under WAC
				388-450-0045;
(j) Money withheld from a benefit to repay an
				overpayment from the same income source;
(k) Legally obligated child support payments
				received by someone who gets temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) or
				state family assistance (SFA) benefits;
(l) One-time payments issued under the
				Department of State or Department of Justice reception and replacement
				programs, such as voluntary agency (VOLAG) payments;
(m) Payments we are directly told to exclude
				as income under state or federal law;
(n) Payments made to someone outside of the
				household for the benefits of the assistance unit using funds that are not owed
				to the household; and
(o)
				Distributions for qualified disability expenses from an achieving a better life
				experience (ABLE) account;
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-450 - Income › Section 388-450-0025 - What is unearned income?

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This section applies to cash assistance and food
				  assistance.
(1) Unearned income is
				income you get from a source other than employment or self-employment. Some
				examples of unearned income include, but are not limited to:
(a) Railroad retirement;
(b) Unemployment compensation;
(c) Social Security benefits (including
				retirement benefits, disability benefits, and benefits for
				survivors);
(d) Time loss benefits
				as described in WAC
				388-450-0010,
				such as benefits from the department of labor and industries
				(L&I);
(e) Veteran
				Administration benefits; or
(f)
				Paid family and medical leave benefits.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-450 - Income › Section 388-450-0030 - What is earned income?

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This section applies to cash assistance and food
				  assistance.
(1) Earned income money
				you get from working. This includes:
(a)
				Wages;
(b) Tips;
(c) Commissions;
(d) Profits from self-employment activities
				as described in WAC
				388-450-0080; and
(e) One-time payments for work you did over a
				period of time.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-450 - Income › Section 388-450-0035 - Educational benefits

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This section applies to cash assistance and food
				  assistance.
(1) We do not count:
(a) Educational assistance in the form of
				grants, loans or work study, issued from Title IV of the Higher Education
				Amendments (Title IV - HEA) and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) education
				assistance programs. Examples of Title IV -HEA and BIA educational assistance
				include but are not limited to:
(i) Pell
				grants; and
(ii) BIA higher
				education grants.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-450 - Income › Section 388-450-0040 - Native American benefits and payments

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This section applies to TANF/SFA, RCA, PWA, ABD cash, and
				  food assistance programs.
(1) The
				following types of income are not counted when a client's benefits are
				computed:
(a) Up to two thousand dollars per
				individual per calendar year received under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement
				Act, P.L. 92-203 and 100-241;
(b)
				Income received from Indian trust funds or lands held in trust by the Secretary
				of the Interior for an Indian tribe or individual tribal member. Income
				includes:
(i) Interest; and
(ii) Investment income accrued while such
				funds are held in trust.
(c) Income received from Indian judgment
				funds or funds held in trust by the Secretary of the Interior distributed per
				capita under P.L. 93-134 as amended by P.L. 97-458 and 98-64. Income includes:
(i) Interest; and
(ii) Investment income accrued while such
				funds are held in trust.
(d) Up to two thousand dollars per individual
				per calendar year received from leases or other uses of individually owned
				trust or restricted lands, P.L. 103-66;
(e) Payments from an annuity fund established
				by the Puyallup Tribe of Indians Settlement Act of 1989,
				P.L.
				101-41, made to a Puyallup Tribe member upon
				reaching twenty-one years of age; and
(f) Payments from the trust fund established
				by the P.L.
				101-41 made to a Puyallup Tribe member.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-450 - Income › Section 388-450-0045 - How do we count income from employment and training programs?

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This section applies to cash assistance and Basic
				  Food.
(1) We treat payments issued
				under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) as follows:
(a) For cash assistance , we exclude all
				payments.
(b) For Basic Food:
(i) We exclude OJT earnings for children who
				are eighteen years of age or younger and under parental control as described in
				WAC 388-408-0035.
(ii) We count OJT earnings as earned income
				for people who are:
(A) Age nineteen and
				older; or
(B) Age eighteen or
				younger and not under parental control.
(iii) We exclude all other
				payments.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-450 - Income › Section 388-450-0050 - How does your participation in the community jobs (CJ) program affect your cash assistance and Basic Food benefits?

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(1) There are two different types of income
				in the community jobs program. They are:
(a)Subsidized, where your wages are paid from
				TANF or SFA funds; and
(b)Unsubsidized, where your wages are paid
				entirely by your employer.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-450 - Income › Section 388-450-0050 - How does your participation in the community jobs program affect your cash assistance and basic food benefits?

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(1)
				There are two different types of income in the community jobs program. They
				are:
(a) Subsidized, where your wages are paid
				from TANF or SFA funds; and
(b)
				Unsubsidized, where your wages are paid entirely by your employer.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-450 - Income › Section 388-450-0055 - How does needs-based assistance from other agencies or organizations count against my benefits?

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(1) For cash
				assistance :
(a) We do not count needs-based
				assistance payments given to you by other agencies or organizations if the
				assistance is given to you for reasons other than ongoing living expenses which
				do not duplicate the purpose of cash assistance programs. Ongoing living
				expenses include the following items:
(i)
				Clothing;
(ii) Food;
(iii) Household supplies;
(iv) Medical supplies
				(nonprescription);
(v) Personal
				care Items;
(vi) Shelter;
(vii) Transportation; and
(viii) Utilities (e.g., lights, cooking fuel,
				the cost of heating or heating fuel).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-450 - Income › Section 388-450-0065 - Gifts - Cash and noncash

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A gift is an item furnished to a client without work or cost
				  on his or her part.
(1) A cash gift is
				a gift that is furnished as money, cash, checks or any other readily negotiable
				form.
(a) For cash assistance , cash gifts
				totaling no more than thirty dollars per calendar quarter for each assistance
				unit member are disregarded as income.
(b) For food assistance programs:
(i) Cash gifts to the assistance unit are
				excluded if they total thirty dollars or less per quarter;
(ii) Cash gifts in excess of thirty dollars
				per quarter are counted in full as unearned income.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-450 - Income › Section 388-450-0070 - When do we count a child's income?

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(1) For food assistance, we do not count a
				child's earned income if the child is:
(a) In
				school;
(b) Age seventeen or
				younger;
(c) Not married;
				and
(d) Living with a natural
				parent, adoptive parent, or stepparent or is under the parental control of a
				household member other than a parent.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-450 - Income › Section 388-450-0080 - What is self-employment income?

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This section applies to cash assistance and Basic
				  Food.
(1) Self-employment income is
				income you earn from running a business, performing a service, selling items
				you make, or reselling items to make a profit.
(2) You are self-employed if you earn income
				without having an employer/employee relationship with the person who pays you.
				This includes, but is not limited to, when:
(a) You have primary control of the way you
				do your work; or
(b) You report
				your income using IRS Schedule C, Schedule C-EZ, Schedule K-1, or Schedule
				SE.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-450 - Income › Section 388-450-0085 - Does the department count all of my self-employment income to determine if I am eligible for benefits?

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This section applies to cash assistance and Basic Food
				  programs.
(1) We decide how much of
				your self-employment income to count by:
(a)
				Adding together your gross self-employment income and any profit you make from
				selling your business property or equipment;
(b) Subtracting your business expenses as
				described in subsection (2) below; and
(c) Dividing the remaining amount of
				self-employment income by the number of months over which the income will be
				averaged.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-450 - Income › Section 388-450-0095 - Allocating income - General

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This section applies to TANF/SFA, RCA, PWA, and ABD cash
				  assistance programs.
(1) Allocation is
				the process of determining how much of a financially responsible person's
				income is considered available to meet the needs of legal dependents within or
				outside of an assistance unit.
(2)
				In-bound allocation means income possessed by a financially responsible person
				outside the assistance unit which is considered available to meet the needs of
				legal dependents in the assistance unit.
(3) Out-bound allocation means income
				possessed by a financially responsible assistance unit member which is set
				aside to meet the needs of a legal dependent outside the assistance
				unit.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 74.04.005,
					 74.04.050,
					 74.04.055,
					 74.04.057,
					 74.04.510,
					 74.08.090,
					 74.08A.100,
					 74.04.770,
					 74.04.0052,
					 74.04.655,
					 74.08.043,
					 74.08.335, and 2011 1st sp.s. c
					 36. 12-10-042, § 388-450-0095, filed 4/27/12, effective 6/1/12. Statutory
					 Authority:
					 RCW
					 74.04.050,
					 74.04.055,
					 74.04.057 and
					 74.08.090. 98-16-044, §
					 388-450-0095, filed 7/31/98, effective
					 9/1/98.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-450 - Income › Section 388-450-0100 - Allocating income-Definitions

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The following definitions apply to the allocation rules for
				  TANF/SFA, RCA, PWA, and ABD cash programs:
(1)
"Dependent"
means a person
				who:
(a) Is or could be claimed for federal
				income tax purposes by the financially responsible person; or
(b) The financially responsible person is
				legally obligated to support.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-450 - Income › Section 388-450-0105 - Allocating the income of a financially responsible person included in the assistance unit

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This section applies to TANF/SFA and RCA. The income of a
				  financially responsible person included in the assistance unit is countable to
				  meet the needs of the assistance unit after the income is reduced by the
				  following:
(1) Any applicable earned
				income incentive and work expense or deduction for the financially responsible
				person in the assistance unit, if that person is employed;
(2) The payment standard amount for the
				ineligible assistance unit members living in the home; and
(3) An amount not to exceed the department's
				standard of need for court or administratively ordered current or back support
				for legal dependents.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  74.04.050,
				  74.04.055,
				  74.04.500,
				  74.04.510,
				  74.08.090,
				  74.08A.120, and
				  2011 1st sp.s. c
				  15 . WSR 13-18-007, § 388-450-0105, filed
				  8/22/13, effective 10/1/13. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  74.08.090,
				  74.08A.100,
				  74.09.080, and 74.09.415. WSR
				  02-17-030, § 388-450-0105, filed 8/12/02, effective 9/12/02. Statutory
				  Authority:
				  RCW
				  74.04.050,
				  74.04.055,
				  74.04.057 and
				  74.08.090. WSR 98-16-044, §
				  388-450-0105, filed 7/31/98, effective 9/1/98. WSR 13-18-003, §
				  388-450-0105, filed 8/21/2013, effective
				  9/21/2013
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-450 - Income › Section 388-450-0105 - Allocating the income of financially responsible persons included in the assistance unit

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
This section applies to TANF/SFA, PWA, and RCA. If you are
				  included in the assistance unit, are financially responsible for someone and
				  are dis-qualified or ineligible, as defined in WAC 388-450-0100, your income is
				  available to meet the needs of the assistance unit. To figure out how much we
				  count, we take the following steps:
(1) We start by totaling earned income, as
				defined in WAC 388-450-0030, and applying the earned income deductions outlined
				in WAC 388-450-0170.
(2) We add the
				unearned income, as defined in WAC 388-450-0025.
(3) We subtract the difference between the
				following payment standards (payment standards can be found in WAC 388-478-0020
				and 388-478-0027):
(a) One that includes both
				eligible assistance unit members and those who cannot get assistance;
				and
(b) One that includes only the
				eligible assistance unit members who can get assistance.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-450 - Income › Section 388-450-0106 - How does the department count my income if someone in my family cannot get assistance because of their alien status?

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
This section applies to TANF/ SFA and RCA.
If you are included in the assistance unit and you are
				  financially responsible for someone, as defined in WAC
				  388-450-0100, who does not meet
				  the alien requirements described in WAC
				  388-424-0010, we do not count all
				  of your income. We subtract some of it so that you can use that part to help
				  support the people who cannot get assistance. To figure out how much we count,
				  we take the following seven steps:
(1)
				We start by only counting fifty percent of your earned income, as defined in
				WAC 388-450-0030;
(2) We add all of your unearned income, as
				defined in WAC
				388-450-0025.
(3) We subtract the difference between the
				following payment standards (payment standards can be found in WAC
				388-478-0020 ):
(a) One that includes both eligible
				assistance unit members and those who cannot get assistance because of their
				alien status; and
(b) One that
				includes only the eligible assistance unit members.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-450 - Income › Section 388-450-0106 - How does the department count income if someone cannot get assistance because of their immigration status?

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
This section applies to TANF/SFA, PWA, and RCA.
Some people cannot get assistance because they do not meet
				  the requirements described in WAC 388-424-0010. If you do not meet those
				  requirements and are financially responsible for someone in the assistance
				  unit, as defined in WAC 388-450-0100, we count some of your income. To figure
				  out how much we count, we take the following steps:
(1) We start by totaling earned income, as
				defined in WAC 388-450-0030, and applying the earned income deductions outlined
				in WAC 388-450-0170.
(2) We add all
				the unearned income, as defined in WAC 388-450-0025.
(3) We subtract the difference between the
				following payment standards (payment standards can be found in WAC 388-478-0020
				and 388-478-0027):
(a) One that includes both
				eligible assistance unit members and those who cannot get assistance;
				and
(b) One that includes only the
				eligible assistance unit members who can get assistance.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-450 - Income › Section 388-450-0112 - Does the department allocate the income of an ABD cash client to legal dependents?

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This section applies to the aged, blind, or disabled (ABD)
				  cash assistance program.
(1) The
				income of an ABD cash client is reduced by the following:
(a) The ABD cash earned income disregard as
				specified in WAC
				388-450-0177; and
(b) An amount not to exceed the department's
				standard of need for court or administratively ordered current or back support
				for legal dependents.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-450 - Income › Section 388-450-0112 - Does the department allocate the income of an ABD cash client to legal dependents?

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
This section applies to the aged, blind, or disabled (ABD)
				  cash assistance program.
(1) The
				income of an ABD cash client is reduced by the following:
(a) The ABD cash earned income deductions as
				specified in WAC 388-450-0177; and
(b) The amount of both current and back child
				support the ABD cash client is paying each month under a court or
				administrative order. The amount cannot be more than the need standard in WAC
				388-478-0015 for the number of dependents.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-450 - Income › Section 388-450-0113 - Does the department allocate income of a housing and essential needs (HEN) referral recipient to legal dependents?

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
This section applies to referrals to the Housing and
				  Essential Needs (HEN) program.
(1) The
				income of a HEN referral recipient is reduced by the following:
(a) The HEN referral earned income disregard
				as specified in WAC
				388-450-0178; and
(b) The amount of current and/or back child
				support that the recipient is paying each month under a court or administrative
				order. If the monthly child support payment is greater than the department's
				standard of need, income is instead reduced by the department's standard of
				need.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-450 - Income › Section 388-450-0113 - Does the department allocate income of a housing and essential needs (HEN) referral client to legal dependents?

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
This section applies to referrals to the housing and
				  essential needs (HEN) program.
(1) The
				income of a HEN referral client is reduced by the following:
(a) The HEN referral earned income deductions
				as specified in WAC 388-450-0178; and
(b) The amount of both current and back child
				support the HEN referral client is paying each month under a court or
				administrative order. The amount cannot be more than the need standard in WAC
				388-478-0015 for the number of dependents.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-450 - Income › Section 388-450-0115 - Does the department allocate the income of a financially responsible person who is excluded from the assistance unit?

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This section applies to TANF/SFA, RCA and PWA
				  programs.
The income of a financially responsible person excluded from
				  the assistance unit is available to meet the needs of the assistance unit after
				  the income is reduced by the following:
(1) A ninety dollar work expense deduction
				from the financially responsible person(s) excluded from the assistance unit
				who is employed;
(2) The payment
				standard amount for the ineligible assistance unit members living in the home;
				and
(3) An amount not to exceed the
				department's standard of need for court or administratively ordered current or
				back support for legal dependents.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 74.04.005,
					 74.04.050,
					 74.04.055,
					 74.04.057,
					 74.04.510,
					 74.08.090,
					 74.08A.100,
					 74.04.770,
					 74.04.0052,
					 74.04.655,
					 74.08.043,
					 74.08.335, and 2011 1st sp.s. c
					 36. 12-10-042, § 388-450-0115, filed 4/27/12, effective 6/1/12. Statutory
					 Authority:
					 RCW
					 74.04.050,
					 74.04.055,
					 74.04.057 and
					 74.08.090. 98-16-044, §
					 388-450-0115, filed 7/31/98, effective
					 9/1/98.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-450 - Income › Section 388-450-0116 - How does the department count my income if I cannot get assistance because I am an alien?

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
This section applies to TANF/SFA and RCA programs.
Some people cannot get assistance because they do not meet
				  the alien requirements described in WAC
				  388-424-0010. If you do not meet
				  those requirements but you are financially responsible for someone in the
				  assistance unit, as defined in WAC
				  388-450-0100, we count some of
				  your income as part of the assistance unit's income. To figure out how much we
				  count, we take the following seven steps:
(1) We start by only counting fifty percent
				of your earned income, as described in WAC
				388-450-0030.
(2) We add all of your unearned income, as
				described in WAC
				388-450-0025.
(3) We subtract the difference between the
				following payment standards:
(a) One that
				includes both eligible assistance unit members and those who cannot get
				assistance because of their alien status; and
(b) One that includes only the eligible
				assistance unit members.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-450 - Income › Section 388-450-0120 - Does the department allocate the income of financially responsible parents to a pregnant or parenting minor?

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
This section applies to TANF/SFA, RCA and PWA
				  programs.
The income of nonapplying financially responsible parent(s)
				  of a pregnant or parenting minor is countable to meet the needs of the minor
				  and the child(ren) after the income is reduced by the following:
(1) A ninety dollar work expense from the
				financially responsible parent's gross income from employment;
(2) An amount not to exceed the department's
				standard of need for:
(a) The financially
				responsible parent and dependent living in the home who are not applying for or
				receiving cash benefits and not a disqualified individual; and
(b) Court or administratively ordered current
				or back support for legal dependents.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-450 - Income › Section 388-450-0130 - Does the department allocate the income of a nonapplying spouse to a caretaker relative?

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
This section applies to TANF/SFA, PWA, and RCA
				  programs.
(1) The community income of
				the nonapplying spouse and applying spouse is combined. See WAC
				388-450-0005 to determine what
				income is available as community income.
(2) Subtract a one person payment standard as
				specified in WAC
				388-478-0020.
(3) The remainder is allocated to the
				caretaker relative.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 74.04.005,
					 74.04.050,
					 74.04.055,
					 74.04.057,
					 74.04.510,
					 74.08.090,
					 74.08A.100,
					 74.04.770,
					 74.04.0052,
					 74.04.655,
					 74.08.043,
					 74.08.335, and 2011 1st sp.s. c
					 36. 12-10-042, § 388-450-0130, filed 4/27/12, effective 6/1/12. Statutory
					 Authority:
					 RCW
					 74.04.050,
					 74.04.055,
					 74.04.057 and
					 74.08.090. 98-16-044, §
					 388-450-0130, filed 7/31/98, effective
					 9/1/98.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-450 - Income › Section 388-450-0130 - Does the department allocate the income of a nonapplying spouse to a caretaker relative?

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
This section applies to TANF/SFA, PWA, and RCA
				  programs.
The community income of the nonapplying spouse and applying
				  spouse is combined. See WAC 388-450-0005 to determine what income is available
				  as community income. To figure out how much we count, we take the following
				  steps:
(1) We start by totaling earned
				income, as defined in WAC 388-450-0030, and applying the earned income
				disregards outlined in WAC 388-450-0170.
(2) We add all the unearned income, as
				defined in WAC 388-450-0025.
(3) We
				subtract the difference between the following payment standards (payment
				standards can be found in WAC 388-478-0020 and 388-478-0027):
(a) One that includes both eligible
				assistance unit members and those who cannot get assistance; and
(b) One that includes only the eligible
				assistance unit members who can get assistance.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-450 - Income › Section 388-450-0137 - Does the department allocate income of an ineligible spouse to an ABD cash client?

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
This section applies to the aged, blind, or disabled (ABD)
				  cash assistance program.
(1) When an
				ABD cash client is married and lives with the nonapplying spouse, the following
				income is available to the client:
(a) The
				remainder of the client's wages, retirement benefits or separate property after
				reducing the income by:
(i) The ABD cash work
				incentive deduction, as specified in WAC
				388-450-0177; and
(ii) An amount not to exceed the department's
				standard of need for court or administratively ordered current or back support
				for legal dependents.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-450 - Income › Section 388-450-0137 - Does the department allocate income of an ineligible spouse to an ABD cash client?

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
This section applies to the aged, blind, or disabled (ABD)
				  cash assistance program.
(1) The
				community income of the ineligible spouse and applying spouse is combined. See
				WAC 388-450-0005 to determine what income is available as community income. To
				figure out how much income we count, we take the following steps:
(a) We start by totaling earned income, as
				defined in WAC 388-450-0030, and subtract the earned income deductions outlined
				in WAC 388-450-0177;
(b) We add all
				the unearned income, as defined in WAC 388-450-0025;
(c) We subtract the difference between the
				two person and one person payment standards (payment standards can be found in
				WAC 388-478-0033).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-450 - Income › Section 388-450-0138 - Does the department allocate income of an ineligible spouse to a housing and essential needs (HEN) referral recipient?

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
This section applies to referrals to the Housing and
				  Essential Needs (HEN) program.
(1)
				When a HEN referral recipient is married and lives with their nonapplying
				spouse, the following income is considered available to the client:
(a) The remainder of the recipient's wages,
				retirement benefits and other income after reducing the total income by:
(i) The HEN referral work incentive
				deduction, as specified in WAC
				388-450-0178; and
(ii) The amount of current and/or back child
				support that the recipient is paying each month under a court or administrative
				order. If the monthly child support payment is greater than the department's
				standard of need, income is instead reduced by the department's standard of
				need.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-450 - Income › Section 388-450-0138 - Does the department allocate income of an ineligible spouse to a housing and essential needs (HEN) referral client?

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
This section applies to referrals to the housing and
				  essential needs (HEN) program.
(1)
				When a HEN referral client is married and lives with their ineligible spouse,
				we take the following steps to figure out how much income we count:
(a) We start by totaling earned income, as
				defined in WAC 388-450-0030, and subtract the earned income deduction, as
				defined in WAC 388-450-0178;
(b) We
				add all the unearned income, as defined in WAC 388-450-0025;
(c) We subtract the difference between the
				two person and one person payment standards (payment standards can be found in
				WAC 388-478-0033).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-450 - Income › Section 388-450-0140 - How does the income of an ineligible assistance unit member affect my eligibility and benefits for basic food?

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The department decides who must be in your assistance unit
				  (AU) under WAC
				  388-408-0035. If an AU member is
				  ineligible for basic food under WAC
				  388-408-0035, this affects your
				  AU's eligibility and benefits as follows:
(1) We do not count the ineligible member(s)
				to determine your AU size for the gross monthly income limit, net monthly
				income limit, or maximum allotment under WAC
				388-478-0060.
(2) If an AU member is ineligible because
				they are disqualified for an intentional program violation (IPV), failed to
				meet work requirements under chapter 388-444 WAC, is an ineligible fleeing
				felon under WAC
				388-442-0010, or is disqualified
				from transitional food assistance (TFA) due to a WorkFirst sanction:
(a) We count all of the ineligible member's
				gross income as a part of your AU's income; and
(b) We count all of the ineligible member's
				allowable expenses as part of your AU's expenses.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 388-450 - Income › Section 388-450-0145 - Income of a person who is not a member of a food assistance unit

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(1) A cash payment
				made to a food assistance unit from a person who is not a member of the
				assistance unit is counted as unearned income.
(2) The following types of income are not
				available to the assistance unit:
(a) The
				nonmember's income; and
(b)
				Payments made by a nonmember to a third party for the benefit of the assistance
				unit.