1. (a) The department will determine the amount of an ATAP payment to an assistance unit in accordance with this section.

2. (b) The following are subtracted from the need standard applicable to the assistance unit under 7 AAC 45.520:

   1. (1) the countable income of that assistance unit, as determined under 7 AAC 45.470(b);
   2. (2) the amount of any reduction for low shelter costs, as calculated under 7 AAC 45.527 - 7 AAC 45.530.
3. (c) The ATAP payment for the assistance unit is the product of the amount determined under (b) of this section multiplied by the maximum payment level payable to an assistance unit of two individuals under 7 AAC 45.523(a)(1), divided by the need standard applicable to an assistance unit of two individuals under 7 AAC 45.520(a)(1).
4. (d) In calculating the payment, the department will carry cents throughout the calculation, but will round down from $.99 in establishing the payment. For example, if the payment is calculated as $25.99, the payment amount would be $25.
5. (e) The department will not make ATAP payments to an assistance unit for a month if, disregarding any recoupment deduction made under 7 AAC 45.570, the amount of the payment for the month is less than $10. The department will make a payment, if the amount of the payment would be $10 or more, but the amount of a mandatory recoupment deduction reduces the actual amount of the monthly payment to less than $10. A child support services agency "pass-through" child support payment made by the department under AS 47.27.040(c) is not subject to this $10 minimum.
6. (f) Individuals in an assistance unit that is income eligible under 7 AAC 45.470 but, by operation of (c) or (e) of this section, does not receive an ATAP payment for a month are considered to be recipients of ATAP benefits for purposes of receiving other public benefits related to ATAP.
7. (g) For the purposes of AS 47.27.025(c), "child who is experiencing a disability" means a dependent child who has a medical disability, either physical or mental, as verified by a written statement of a physician or psychiatrist or by other relevant documentation such as receipt of social security disability benefits or supplemental security income for the child, and the child's disability is severe enough to preclude one parent's participation in work activities because that parent is needed in the home to care for the child.

(Eff. 8/5/92, Register 123; am 10/1/93, Register 127; am 2/27/97, Register 141; am 7/1/97, Register 142; am 10/1/97, Register 143; am 10/1/2001, Register 159; am 1/7/2005, Register 173)