2/3 Disregard

 

Active Temporary Assistance participants who gain employment are eligible for the 2/3 disregard for twelve consecutive months when:

  • The individual has not received benefit of this disregard before,
  • Or previously received the disregard but has not received Temporary Assistance for twelve consecutive months prior to the current certification period.

 

If more than one person gains employment while the case is active, apply the two-thirds disregard to each person’s adjusted gross income.

 

Note: Under certain circumstances, the 2/3 Disregard may be resumed when a former applicant reapplies. See the manual link below and refer to number 4.

 

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 twelfth month, complete a budget adjustment for the following month, initiate the adverse action process and authorized the adverse action upon expiration of the adverse action period.

 

Entries on DISREGRD for 2/3 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

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

      1. Begin Date – The Begin Date for the 2/3 disregard is the first month that the new source of earned income is countable for Temporary Assistance.

  1. Press CTRL to save the entries.
  2. Press F18=COMMENT and record why the disregard was allowed or ended; including verification used.

08/2024