121 CMR, § 2.550

Current through Register 1538, January 3, 2025

Section 2.550 - Determination of Financial Eligibility and Calculation of the Grant Amount

Financial eligibility and the grant amount are calculated as follows:

Step 1: Identify the earned income of each member of the filing unit, excluding non-countable income.

Step 2: Subtract sequentially from the remaining gross earnings of each member of the filing unit an amount of income equal to:

(a) the $90 work-related expense deduction;

(b) the $30 and one third disregard;

(c) any allowable dependent care deduction;

(d) any allowable transportation expense deduction.

Step 3: Total the countable earned income remaining from the filing unit.

Step 4: Total the countable unearned income from the filing unit.

Step 5: Add the totals from Steps 3 and 4.

Step 6: Subtract from the Step 5 total the Standard of Assistance for the members of the filing unit who are not in the assistance unit, if any.

Step 7: Subtract the Step 6 result from the Standard of Assistance appropriate to the assistance unit. If the result is less than or equal to zero, the assistance unit is ineligible. If the result is greater than zero, the assistance unit is eligible to receive the resulting amount.

121 CMR, § 2.550

Amended by Mass Register Issue 1328, eff. 12/16/2016.