PDFWAC 388-436-0050

Determining financial need and benefit amount for CEAP.

(1) To be eligible for the consolidated emergency assistance program (CEAP), the assistance unit's nonexcluded income, minus allowable deductions, must be less than or equal to 90 percent of the temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) payment standard. The net income limit for CEAP assistance units is:
Assistance unit members
Net income limit
1
$405
2
513
3
636
4
749
5
863
6
981
7
1,132
8
1,253
9
1,376
10 or more
1,496
(2) The assistance unit's allowable amount of need is the lesser of:
(a) The TANF payment standard, based on assistance unit size, as specified under WAC 388-478-0020; or
(b) The assistance unit's actual emergent need, not to exceed maximum allowable amounts, for the following items:
Need item: Maximum allowable amount by assistance unit size:
 
1
 
2
 
3
 
4
 
5
 
6
 
7
 
8
 
9
 
10 or more
 
Food
$273
 
$348
 
$429
 
$507
 
$582
 
$661
 
$755
 
$835
 
$933
 
$1,014
 
Shelter
333
 
421
 
524
 
618
 
710
 
804
 
932
 
1,028
 
1,132
 
1,230
 
Clothing
39
 
49
 
60
 
71
 
82
 
96
 
106
 
121
 
137
 
150
 
Minor medical care
231
 
295
 
365
 
429
 
495
 
557
 
651
 
718
 
795
 
864
 
Utilities
113
 
143
 
176
 
206
 
238
 
273
 
315
 
348
 
382
 
416
 
Household maintenance
82
 
105
 
131
 
151
 
176
 
200
 
231
 
254
 
275
 
299
 
Job related transportation
450
 
570
 
706
 
833
 
959
 
1,090
 
1,258
 
1,392
 
1,529
 
1,662
 
Child related transportation
450
 
570
 
706
 
833
 
959
 
1,090
 
1,258
 
1,392
 
1,529
 
1,662
 
(3) The assistance unit's CEAP payment is determined by computing the difference between the allowable amount of need, as determined under subsection (2) of this section, and the total of:
(a) The assistance unit's net income, as determined under subsection (1) of this section and WAC 388-436-0045;
(b) Cash on hand, if not already counted as income; and
(c) The value of other nonexcluded resources available to the assistance unit.
(4) The assistance unit is not eligible for CEAP if the amount of income and resources, as determined in subsection (3) of this section, is equal to or exceeds its allowable amount of need.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.04.510, 74.04.770, 74.08.090, 74.08A.230, and 2023 c 475. WSR 23-23-054, § 388-436-0050, filed 11/8/23, effective 1/1/24. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.005, 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.04.510, 74.04.655, 74.04.660, 74.04.770, 74.04.0052, 74.08.043, 74.08.090, 74.08.335, 74.08A.100, 74.08A.120, 74.08A.230, 74.62.030 and 2022 c 297. WSR 22-19-094, § 388-436-0050, filed 9/21/22, effective 10/22/22. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.04.660, 74.08.090, 74.08A.230 and 2021 c 334. WSR 21-21-054, § 388-436-0050, filed 10/15/21, effective 11/15/21. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.08.090, 74.08A.230, 2018 c 299 and 2017 c 1. WSR 18-09-088, § 388-436-0050, filed 4/17/18, effective 7/1/18. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.08.090, 74.08A.230, and 2015 3rd sp.s. c 4 § 207. WSR 16-01-093, § 388-436-0050, filed 12/15/15, effective 1/15/16. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.04.770, 74.08.090, and chapters 74.08A and 74.12 RCW. WSR 11-16-029, § 388-436-0050, filed 7/27/11, effective 8/27/11. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.660. WSR 09-14-040, § 388-436-0050, filed 6/24/09, effective 7/25/09. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, and 74.08.090. WSR 08-18-009, § 388-436-0050, filed 8/22/08, effective 9/22/08; WSR 98-16-044, § 388-436-0050, filed 7/31/98, effective 9/1/98.]