Section 17-676-54.1 - Determining monthly net income for the TANF financial assistance program(a) A household is eligible for benefits if: (1) the household's total monthly gross income does not exceed one hundred eighty-five percent of the household's standard of need; and(2) the household's monthly net income does not exceed the standard of assistance.(b) A household's monthly net income shall be determined by adding the household's monthly net earned income and monthly unearned income.(c) To determine monthly net earned income for a TANF applicant for the purpose of determining eligibility: (1) Deduct a standard deduction of twenty percent from the monthly gross earned income of each applicant;(2) After the twenty percent standard deduction, deduct a flat rate of two hundred dollars from the remainder;(3) After the two hundred dollar flat rate deduction, deduct a thirty-six percent earned income disregard from the remainder; and(4) After the thirty-six percent earned income disregard deduction, deduct an amount equal to the actual cost for the care of each incapacitated adult living in the same household and receiving financial assistance, but not to exceed: (A) $175 a month if the applicant is employed full time; or(B) $165 a month, if the applicant is employed less than full time.(d) To determine monthly net earned income for a TANF applicant or recipient for the purpose of determining amount of assistance, and for a TANF recipient for the purpose of determining continued eligibility: (1) Deduct a standard deduction of twenty percent from the monthly gross earned income of each applicant or recipient;(2) After the twenty percent standard deduction, deduct a flat rate of two hundred dollars from the remainder;(3) After the two hundred dollar flat rate deduction, deduct from the remainder: (A) A fifty-five percent earned income disregard for an adult recipient and a thirty-six percent earned income disregard for a dependent child, for month one to month twenty-four of the household's TANF benefits, determined by counting the number of months an employed adult has received benefits since July 1997; or(B) A thirty-six percent earned income disregard for an adult recipient and a thirty-six percent earned income disregard for a dependent child, for month twenty-five through month sixty of the household's TANF benefits, determined by counting the number of months an employed adult has received benefits since July 1997; and(4) After the thirty-six percent earned income disregard deduction, deduct an amount equal to the actual cost for the care of each incapacitated adult living in the same household and receiving financial assistance, but not to exceed: (A) $175 a month if the applicant or recipient is employed full time; or(B) $165 a month, if the applicant or recipient is employed less than full time.Haw. Code R. § 17-676-54.1
[Eff 1/25/97; am 9/26/97; am 7/16/99; am 11/15/04; am 9/18/06; comp 11/09/06; am 1/13/10] (Auth: HRS § 346-14) (Imp: 42 U.S.C. §§601, 602, 608; HRS §§ 346-29, 346-53, 346-71)