HAR §17-680-12. Benefit determination

(a) The monthly financial assistance payment for individuals, who are prospectively determined eligible, shall be determined by subtracting the monthly net income from the monthly standard of assistance regardless of the date of application. (b) The monthly financial assistance payment shall be provided as follows: (1) Recipients shall be provided the full monthly financial assistance payment; (2) Applicants shall be provided the full monthly financial assistance payment when they apply on the first of the month; or (3) Applicants shall be provided a prorated initial monthly financial assistance payment when they apply between the second to the end of the month as follows: (A) When the family meets all conditions of eligibility, financial assistance shall be provided from the date of application; (B) The department shall use a standard thirty-day month in determining the amount of the financial assistance payment. Any family applying on the thirty-first of a month shall be treated as though it applied on the thirtieth of the month; (C) The department shall multiply the amount of the monthly financial assistance by the ratio of thirty-one minus the calendar day the family applied to a standard thirty-day month. The department shall take the decimal §17-680-12 680-12 quotient, obtained in calculating the ratio, to an accuracy of four decimal places and drop the remaining decimals. For example, the prorated financial assistance payment for a family applying on the twelfth of a month whose monthly financial assistance amount is $300 shall be calculated as follows: 31 – 12 = 19 ÷ 30 = .6333 x $300 = $189; and (D) The prorated financial assistance payment shall be rounded down to the next lower whole dollar. The family who is eligible for a payment between $.0l and $9.99 prior to rounding down shall not receive a payment but shall be considered a financial assistance recipient for all other purposes. [Eff 3/19/93; am and comp 11/09/06] (Auth: HRS §346-14) (Imp: HRS §§346-14, 346- 53; 45 C.F.R. §§206.10, 233.10, 233.20)