CH 9-Income And Budgeting

Question 1

What is income for CALWORKS?

Answer 1

Income is defined as any benefit in cash or in-kind reasonable anticipated to be available and receive as a result of current or past labor, business activities, interest from real or personal property, contributions form pensions, organizations, or agencies.

Question 2

Types of income

Answer 2

Earned.
Unearned.
Disability based income.
In-Kind.

Question 3

types of earned income.

Answer 3

Wages.
Salary.
Tips.
Paid sick leave.
Commissions or profit from self-employment.

Question 4

Self-employment income; what deductions can person take to get to net income?

Answer 4

person can choose 40% standard deduction or they can choose actual verified expenses. (Must show receipts)

Question 5

What are NONExempt Disability Based Income?

Answer 5

SDI.
PDI.
TWC.
TDI
SSDI
VDC

Question 6

What counts as unearned income?

Answer 6

An unearned income that is not earned or disability-based unearned income.
UIB.
Cash gifts.
Non-Disability Based Social Security Benefits.
Death or Survivor’s benefits.
Dividends.
Permanent Worker’s COmp, etc.

Question 7

How is income treated for Excluded HH members?

Answer 7

The income of the parent is considered when the parent is living in the home but is excluded from the AU.
Needs are only considered when person has income.
SSI/SSP or CAPI recipients income is not counted.
Income of penalized or sanctioned persons in the AU is counted in the grant computation.

Question 8

How is in-kind income calculated?

Answer 8

In-Kind is calculated by based on if the person used it full calendar month.

Question 9

In-Kind income

Answer 9

Look to notes in chapter 8

Question 10

What income is excluded and exempt?

Answer 10

Earnings of a child.
Loans.
Student loans and grants.
College work study.
Child/Spousal support disregard (CSSD). 1 kid =$100. 2+ kid =$200 max.
Child support court ordered to pay.
Mileage reimbursemnt

Question 11

What money is disregarded on the Big Map-Applicant Eligibility Test?

Answer 11

$450 per each earned income family member.
Childcare ($100 or $200)

Question 12

What form is used to calculate the big Map Applicant Eligibilty test?

Answer 12

CW 29 Test form

Question 13

On the Little Map Recipient test how much money is the disregard and how is it to be used?

Answer 13

$600. Take from SDI first. If no one in house has SDI then take $600 from earned income. This gets NNI

Question 14

What is NNI stand for?

Answer 14

Net Non-Exempt Income

Question 15

What do we compare the NNI to?

Answer 15

Little MAP AU HH count to the amount in the Little MAP in desk aid.