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5.6.6 CHILD SUPPORT INCOME

5.6.6.1 Four Months

5.6.6.2 Twelve Months

 

If an AFDC-Medicaid recipient becomes ineligible for AFDC-Medicaid solely for excess income Income is anything you receive in cash or in kind that you can use to meet your needs for food, clothing, and shelter., and all or part of the excess income consists of child support collections, grant an extension of either 4 or 12 months.
 

5.6.6.1 Four Months

 

The 4 month child support extension applies only if at least 1 member of the former AFDC-Medicaid group has received AFDC-Medicaid for at least 3 of the 6 months immediately preceding the month in which AFDC-Medicaid was discontinued.

 

Give the four-month child support extension when all three of the following exist:

 

  1. Excess income.

  2. Child support income (changed or unchanged).

  3. No increase in earned income.

 

 

5.6.6.2 Twelve Months

 

Give a twelve-month extension to an AG with:

 

  1.  Increased earned income and child support collections that don't increase, or
     

  2.  Increased earned income and increased child support collections.

 

 

This page last updated in Release Number : 00-04

Release Date: 07-01-00

Effective Date: 07/01/00