Revision 47 (01-01-19 through 12-31-19) : FAA4 Financial Eligibility Factors
FAA4 Financial Eligibility Factors
 
Removed directions for budgeting the income in the month received. (News Flash 19-010F, effective 02/25/2019)
 
06/10/2019
11/04/2019
Added an Exception to count additional vehicles for Hopi TANF (Policy Change Alert 19-014F, effective 06/10/2019). Removed reference to the Yellow pages because they are no longer available. Removed Keying CO for MA. (Effective 11/04/2019)
 
FAA4.D03G – Pets and Livestock
Clarified budgeting of animals as resources. (Effective 5/27/2019)
 
Added an Exception to exclude income producing property for Hopi TANF (Policy Change Alert 19-014F, effective 06/10/2019)
 
FAA4.E02A – Resources - CA
Added an exception on not counting resources for Hopi TANF (Policy Change Alert 19-014F, effective 06/10/2019)
 
Added the correct code to use for resources owned by SSI recipients. (News Flash 19-015F effective, (4/8/2019)
 
FAA4.H03E.11 – Assistance Payments Verification
Added the use of the FAA-1475A when requesting verification of out-of-state benefits. Removed information on Cash Out States. (Effective 11/12/2019)
 
FAA4.H03Y – Energy Assistance Payments
Clarified that energy assistance payments are keyed using the EN NC Unearned Income Code only when the payment is sent directly to the participant. (Policy Change Alert 19-024F, effective for all interviews completed on or after 09/16/2019)
 
FAA4.H03DD – Guardian Subsidy Payments
Separated actions to take for CA and NA. (Effective 5/28/2019)
 
FAA4.H03DD.01 – Budgeting Guardian Subsidy Payments
New
Added a new reference for budgeting Guardian Subsidy Payments. (Effective 5/28/2019)
 
FAA4.H03EE – American Indian Claims or Funds Overview
Clarified type of Tribal income that is not excluded from budgeting. (Effective 02/4/2019)
 
FAA4.H03EE.03 – Indian Tribe Funds
Clarified type of Tribal income that is not excluded from budgeting. (Effective 02/4/2019)
 
FAA4.H03EE.14 – Indian Gaming Industry Per Capita Income
Added definition of Indian Gaming income. Clarified how the income is budgeted. (Effective 12/24/2018)
 
FAA4.H03II – Interest Payments
Removed first exception. Added to NA Exception Interest payments must be verified and added link to Verification and Cooperation. (Effective 06/17/2019)
 
FAA4.H03LL.06 – Spina Bifida Payments
Added information concerning payments for Covered Birth Defects. (Effective 06/03/2019)
 
FAA4.H03MMM – Veterans Administration (VA) Benefits
Combine policy to include types of VA benefits and UNIC keying of income. (Effective 06/03/2019)
 
FAA4.H03MMM.01 – Veterans Administration Disability Benefits
Remove entire section, combine information with Veterans Administration (VA) Benefits policy. (Effective 06/03/2019)
 
FAA4.H03MMM.02 – Veterans Administration Survivors Benefits
Remove entire section, combine information with Veterans Administration (VA) Benefits policy. (Effective 06/03/2019)
 
FAA4.H03MMM.03 – Veterans Administration Regular Retirement Benefits
Remove entire section, combine information with Veterans Administration (VA) Benefits policy. (Effective 06/03/2019)
 
FAA4.H03MMM.04 – Other Veterans Administration Benefits
Remove entire section, combine information with Veterans Administration (VA) Benefits policy. (Effective 06/03/2019)
 
FAA4.H05 – Budgeting Child, Medical, and Spousal Support
Added an exception on not counting Child support for Hopi TANF (Policy Change Alert 19-014F, effective 06/10/2019)
 
FAA4.I03A – Census Income
New
Added Census income to earned income types. (Effective 05/20/2019)
 
FAA4.I03E – Jobs Administration Income
Added exception for Pascua Yaqui Tribal TANF Program. (Effective 06/01/2019)
 
FAA4.I05A – Sources of Earned Income Verification
Added new verification of employment form. (Effective 04/08/2019)
 
FAA4.I05B – Income Verification
Added direction for when an income change, reported mid-approval, causes a benefit decrease. (Effective 5/13/2019)
 
FAA4.I05C – New Source of Income Verification
Added direction for when an income change, reported mid-approval, causes a benefit decrease. (Effective 5/13/2019
 
FAA4.I06A – Projecting Income - Overview
Added link for Anticipating income, removed duplicated income verification policy, changed formatting for consistency. (Policy Change Alert 19-026F, effective for all determinations completed on or after 10/07/2019)
 
FAA4.I06A.01 – Projecting Income - A Full Month's Income Has Been Received
Changed verbiage from anticipate to project, added links to examples (Policy Change Alert 19-026F, effective for all determinations completed on or after 10/07/2019)
 
FAA4.I06B – Averaging Income - Overview
Remove entire section, combine information with converting income section (FAA4.I06C). (Policy Change Alert 19-026F, effective for all determinations completed on or after 10/07/2019)
 
FAA4.I06B – Anticipating Income - Overview
 
Add new section for Anticipating income. (Policy Change Alert 19-026F, effective for all determinations completed on or after 10/07/2019)
 
FAA4.I06C – Converting Income - Overview
Add procedures for manually converting income and added frequency codes. (Policy Change Alert 19-026F, effective for all determinations completed on or after 10/07/2019)
 
FAA4.J01 – SEEI - Purpose
Added a warning on not counting self-employment income for Hopi TANF (Policy Change Alert 19-014F, effective 06/10/2019)
 
FAA4.J05S – Small Businesses
Added clarification to the warning box that a limited liability corporation (LLC) is an entity created by state statute. (News Flash 19-038F, effective 08/19/2019)
 
FAA4.J06 – Budgeting Self Employment Income
Added a warning on not counting self-employment income for Hopi TANF (Policy Change Alert 19-014F, effective 06/10/2019)
 
FAA4.J06B – Annualizing Self-Employment
Revised procedure for determining annualized income. Added an exception for less than 12 full months. Added use of IRS tax return for budgeting. (Policy Change Alert 19-015F, effective 07/15/2019)
 
FAA4.J06C – Business Less Than One Year
Clarified procedure for determining income budgeting. Added procedure for excluding partial months and added budgeting example. (Reference changed from FAA4.J06E) (Policy Change Alert 19-015F, effective 07/15/2019)
 
FAA4.J06D – Projecting Self-Employment
New
Added new section for projecting Self-employment income (Policy Change Alert 19-015F, effective 07/15/2019)
 
FAA4.J06E – Anticipating Self-Employment
Revised procedure for determining anticipated income. Added business less than one year reference and budgeting examples. (Reference changed from FAA4.J06C) (Policy Change Alert 19-015F, effective 07/15/2019)
 
FAA4.K06 – CA Payment Standard - Overview
06/17/2019
10/14/2019
Need standard has changed to payment standard. (Effective 06/17/2019) Added exception for PY TANF, updated for consistency. (Effective 10/14/2019)
 
FAA4.K06A – A1 CA Payment Standard
06/17/2019
10/14/2019
Need standard has changed to payment standard. (Effective 06/17/2019). Added PY TANF to the list of cases given the A1 standard, updated for consistency. (Effective 10/14/2019)
 
FAA4.K06B – A2 CA Payment Standard
06/17/2019
10/14/2019
Need standard has changed to payment standard. (Effective 06/17/2019) Added exception for PY TANF, updated for consistency. (Effective 10/14/2019)
 
FAA4.K07A – Service Animals
Changed section title from Animal Assistants to Service Animals. Clarified requirements to be considered a Service Animals. (Effective 05/27/2019)
 
FAA4.K07C – Medical and Dental Care Fees
Added additional allowable medical care expenses. (Policy Change Alert 19‑022F, effective for all applications submitted on or after 08/26/2019)
 
FAA4.K07E – Medical Insurance Premiums
Revised policy regarding how to budget allowable insurance premiums. (Policy Change Alert 19‑022F, effective for all applications submitted on or after 08/26/2019)
 
FAA4.K08F – Negative Rent
Clarified what to do when an energy assistance payment is sent directly to the participant and is in excess of the utilities. (Policy Change Alert 19-024F, effective for all interviews completed on or after 09/16/2019)
 
FAA4.K11A – Expense Verification
Added Medical Expense Verification to the timeframe exception list. (Policy Change Alert 19-018F, effective for all determinations completed 07/29/2019 and later)
 
FAA4.K11A.03 – Medical Expense Verification
Added situations when medical expenses must be verified. (Policy Change Alert 19-018F, effective for all determinations completed 07/29/2019 and later)
 
FAA4.K13A – Medical Expense Changes
Added policy for when medical expense changes must be verified. (Policy Change Alert 19-018F, effective for all determinations completed 07/29/2019 and later)