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Calculating Income Eligibility Contents
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Knowing
whose income to count is as important as knowing which income to
count. The HOME Program regulations require that the income of all
family members be included in the determination of "annual
income."
In practice, this means that the PJ or nonprofit staff member determining
income must first determine the number of persons comprising the
family, then calculate the income of all persons in the family.
Determining
Household Size
Some
households may include persons who are not counted as family members
for the purposes of HOME
Program Income Limits and whose income, if any, is not considered
when calculating annual (gross) income.
Therefore,
do not count the following household members when determining household
size for the purpose of comparing "annual income" to HOME
Program Income Limits:
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foster
children, |
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live-in
aides, |
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children
of live-in aides, |
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unborn
children, and |
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children
being pursued for legal custody or adoption who are not currently
living with the household. |
Note
that a child who is subject to a shared-custody agreement in which
the child resides with the household at least 50 percent of the
time can be counted.
The
Part 5 definition of annual income provides further guidance on
whose
income to count when using that definition of income.
Additional
details on whose income to count under the Part 5 definition can
be found in the "Three Definitions of Income" topic of
this module.
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