Determining the Nutrition Assistance Benefit Amount
Supplemental NA benefits, as mentioned in the
Urgent Bulletin emailed 04/10/2020, have been extended through 09/2021.
When issuing supplements on UNAU or processing changes, See the
Urgent Bulletin emailed 05/04/2021 and the
Urgent Bulletin emailed 07/27/2021.
AZTECS determines the benefit amount based on the information keyed. AZTECS subtracts 30% of the
NA net income from the
Thrifty Food Plan amount for the appropriate budgetary unit size. The resulting amount is the budgetary unit's eligible benefit amount before
recoupment or
NA proration.
When the NA budgetary unit is eligible, AZTECS performs the allotment test.
When the NA benefit for an eligible one or two participant budgetary unit is less than the
minimum NA allotment, the benefit must be rounded up to the minimum NA allotment.
When the NA benefit for an eligible three or more participant budgetary unit is less than the minimum NA allotment, the actual benefit amount must be paid.
When budgetary unit is eligible for less than the minimum NA allotment, in an initial month due to proration, the following apply:
●The budgetary unit is in eligible no pay status when the benefit is less than $10.