Section 17-647-54 - Determining eligibility and level of benefits(a) Seasonal farmworker households which are determined to be destitute shall have the households' eligibility determined and level of benefits calculated for the month of application by considering only income which is received between the first of the month and the date of application. Any income from a new source that is anticipated after the day of application shall be disregarded.(b) Some employers may provide travel advances to cover the travel costs of new employees who journey to the location of new employment. (1) Where the payments are excluded as reimbursements, receipt of travel advances shall not affect the determination of when a household is considered destitute.(2) If the travel advance is by written contract, an advance on wages that will be subtracted from the employee's future wages, rather than a reimbursement, the wage advance shall count as income.(3) The receipt of a wage advance for the travel costs of a new employee shall not affect the determination of whether subsequent payments from the employer are from a new source of income, nor whether a household shall be considered destitute.(c) Households whose income is averaged on an annual basis, or which is averaged over the period the income is intended to cover, shall have the income averaged and assigned to the appropriate months of the certification period before the branch determines whether a household is destitute. If the averaged income does not come from a new or terminated source and is assigned to the month of application, the household shall not be considered destitute.(d) The procedures in subsections (a) to (c) apply at initial application only. Subsequent certifications shall reflect the retrospectively budgeted income.[Eff 3/19/93] (Auth: HRS § 346-14) (Imp: 7 C.F.R. §273.10(e)(3) )