PERMANENT RULES
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Economic Services Administration)
Date of Adoption: April 19, 1999.
Purpose: Amends WAC 388-450-0050 to change the earned income incentive from 20% to 50% for community jobs participants. This rule will be effective June 1, 1999. Editorial changes to the WAC have been made to meet the requirements of Executive Order 97-02.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-450-0050.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, and 74.08.090.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 99-06-098 on March 3, 1999.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0. Effective Date of Rule: June 1, 1999.
April 19, 1999
Marie Myerchin-Redifer, Manager
Rules and Policies Assistance Unit
2539.2((This section applies to the TANF/SFA program.))
(1) The department estimates your total monthly ((wage received by a TANF/SFA client
who participates in the)) income from your community jobs (CJ) ((wage subsidy program is:
(a) Not counted as income for the first month of CJ participation; and
(b) Budgeted prospectively as defined in WAC 388-450-0215 beginning with the second month of CJ participation)) position based on the number of hours you, your case manager and the CJ contractor expect you to work for the month multiplied by the federal or state minimum wage, whichever is higher.
(2) ((The CJ participant's grant amount is computed by disregarding twenty percent of the
expected income and treating the remainder as countable income)) Once the department
determines what your total monthly income is expected to be the department will not redetermine
your cash benefit amount even if you do not work the number of hours you were expected to
work.
(3) ((CJ participants are not subject to monthly reporting or income reporting
requirements)) The department considers the total income it expects you to get each month from
your CJ position as:
(a) Earned income for determining your cash assistance benefits.
(b) Unearned income for determining your food assistance benefits.
(4) When ((a change in income or resources causes the assistance unit's grant amount to
be less than ten dollars or results in ineligibility, a CJ participant's cash grant)) determining your
benefits the department will use:
(a) ((Will be suspended following rules in WAC-388-450-0245;)) One-half of your CJ
income for figuring cash assistance benefits for the second and following months of your CJ
participation. The department will not use any of the CJ income you receive in your first month
of CJ participation to determine your cash assistance benefit amount for that month.
(b) ((Will continue to be suspended until participation is redetermined according to WAC 388-310-1300(8); and
(c) Can be in suspense for no more than nine months)) All of your CJ income for figuring food assistance benefits.
(5) ((Each month a CJ participant's cash grant is suspended will count toward the
assistance unit's sixty month lifetime time limit for receipt of TANF/SFA benefits)) Monthly
reports are not required for CJ participants.
(6) If your anticipated CJ income is more than your grant amount:
(a) Your cash grant will be suspended, see WAC 388-450-0245(1). The grant suspension can be up to a maximum of nine months; and
(b) Each month your cash grant is suspended will count toward your assistance unit’s sixty month lifetime time limit, see WAC 388-484-0005.
(7) You, your case manager and the CJ contractor will review your CJ position every ninety days during your nine-month placement. During this review they will look at:
(a) Your continued TANF/SFA eligibility; and
(b) Any earned or unearned income received by you or another member of your assistance unit.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057 and 74.08.090. 98-16-044, § 388-450-0050, filed 7/31/98, effective 9/1/98.]