HAR §17-647-53. Destitute households - both sources

(a) Seasonal farmworker households may receive both income from a terminated source prior to the date of application, and income from a new source after the date of application. (b) The households shall be considered destitute if no other income is received in the month of applica- tion and the households will not receive income of more than $25 from the new source by the tenth calendar day after the date of application. [Eff 3/19/93; am 8/19/96 ] (Auth: HRS §346-14) (Imp: 7 C.F.R. §273.10(e)(3)) §17-647-54 Determining eligibility and level of benefits. (a) Seasonal farmworker households which are determined to be destitute shall have the house- holds' 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 reimburse- ments, receipt of travel advances shall not affect the determination of when a household is considered destitute. §17-647-54 647-62 (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))