TAFDC Income Test of Eligibility

(A) Financial eligibility for TAFDC is determined at application, eligibility reviews and when a change in income is reported. Filing units whose total countable income as defined in 106 CMR 704.210 does not exceed the applicable Need Standard for the exempt or nonexempt assistance unit found at 106 CMR 704.400 and 106 CMR 704.405, respectively, are eligible. (B) Test of Financial Eligibility. (1) The total income of the filing unit, excluding: (a) the types of noncountable income as provided in 106 CMR 704.250; (b) the wages received from the Full Employment Program; and (c) the disregarded income as provided in 106 CMR 704.270, 106 CMR 704.275, 106 CMR 704.280 and 106 CMR 704.28 lmay not exceed the applicable Need Standard in any month. (2) If the filing unit's income is over the appropriate Need Standard, the assistance unit is ineligible. If the filing unit's income is equal to or is less than the appropriate Need Standard, the assistance unit is eligible.