$30 + 1/3 Disregard

 

Employed Temporary Assistance applicants are eligible for the $30+1/3 Disregard when the individual has not received benefit of this disregard before, or the individual has received that disregard but has not received Temporary Assistance in the past twelve months. This disregard is applied to the earned income of the individual for four consecutive months.

 

Note: The individual must have been actively employed during any month this disregard is allowed.

    • Example:  If the applicant is applying in October and the last date of employment was the 25th and the last paycheck will be November 3rd, we can give them the 30+1/3 for October but we also must end it in October.  Even though they get their last check in November, they aren’t eligible for the disregard because they weren’t working in November.

 

Receipt of disregards is time limited, therefore, it is necessary to review disregard history prior to allowing or resuming a disregard. Press F14=HISTORY to access the disregard participation history from the Earned Income Disregard (FMXT/DISREGRD) screen.

 

FAMIS will end eligibility for the disregard in the fourth month, complete a budget adjustment for the following month, begin the $30 disregard, initiate the adverse action process and authorize the case action upon expiration of the adverse action period.

 

Entries on DISREGRD for $30 + 1/3 Disregard:

  1. From DISREGRD (FMXT), type an A in the Command line
  2. Confirm the DCN for the employed participant is displayed. If not:
    1. Tab to the DCN field and prompt out (=F4)
    2. Tab to the employed participant, type S on the Sel field and press CTRL
  3. Tab to the Com line of the first blank row and type S
  4. Complete the required fields:
    1. Pgm – type TA

    2. Disregard Type – prompt out (=F4)
        1. Tab to Sel field in front of the code 30 + 1/3 $30 PLUS 1/3 DISREGARD
        2. Type S and press CTRL.

    3. Begin Date – The Begin Date for the $30+1/3 disregard is the first month that individual is eligible for benefits.
  2. Press CTRL to save the entries.
  3. Press F18=COMMENT and detail why the disregard was allowed or ended; including verification used.

05/2020