FAA4 Financial Eligibility Factors
Clarified that participants must be receiving both NA and CA to be eligible. Added that FAA staff and the participant complete the Authorization to Open an IDA (FAA-0837A) form when an eligible participant wishes to open an IDA. (Effective 03/04/2024)
Added information that Health Savings Accounts are not countable as a resource for NA or CA. (Updated in the CNAP Manual on 04/08/2024)
Added Empowerment Scholarship Account information and updated keying instruction for the inaccessible resources. (Updated in the CNAP Manual on 04/15/2024)
Removed verbiage in example 2 that tells FAA staff to key income (I) and expenses (E) on SEEW. This is no longer the correct process. (Effective 02/26/2024)
Removed Emergency Rental Assistance Payments and replaced it with Arizona Rental Assistance Program. Removed the Low Income Household Water Assistance Program. (Updated as of 03/18/2024) Updated information about Reception and Placement (R&P) Grants, Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA), and TANF Differential Payments for clarity. (Effective with all interviews completed on or after 04/15/2024)
Added information that a withdrawal from a Health Savings Account is not countable unearned income for NA or CA. (Updated in the CNAP Manual on 04/08/2024)
Updated the policy regarding the reception and placement of financial assistance. Linked to Assistance Income Types for policy and procedure. (Effective with all interviews completed on or after 04/15/2024)
Changed title from Matching Grant (MG) Program. Updated the policy and added for clarity. Added Afghani Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) holders and Victims of severe trafficking to MG Program financial and employment related services. (Effective with all interviews completed on or after 04/15/2024)
Added Indian General Welfare Benefit income to the excluded income types. (Updated as of 03/25/2024)
Added clarification for using SOLQI to budget Social Security Benefits when a COLA increase displays for the first day of December. (Clarified as of 01/08/2024)
Added clarification on how to identify supplemental UI benefits. (Effective 01/02/2024)
Removed the word “tips” from the Verification section and added tips income information under the Procedure section. (Effective 04/22/2024)
Added clarification to the bi-monthly and semi-monthly definitions. (Updated in the CNAP Manual on 04/22/2024)
Received suggestion from the field//Updated incorrect example//changed from pay per hour to hours worked. (Effective 03/18/2024) Updated procedures for averaging hours and budgeting income for budget month and ongoing months. (Clarified as of 04/15/2024)
Removed that bullet that states income is less than a full month income when all regular checks received in a month but a check has hours that are less than normal work hours. (Effective 02/26/2024)
Clarified budgeting and annualizing of self-employment income when a tax return is not available. (Clarified as of 01/16/2024)