1. (a) An earned income disregard (EID), as defined in He-W 601.03(l), shall be subtracted from gross earned income for each applicant or recipient whose needs and income are considered when determining eligibility for FANF financial assistance.
2. (b) For applicants who have not received FANF financial assistance in any one of the previous 6 months, the EID shall be 20% of the individual’s monthly gross earned income.

3. (c) The 20% earned income disregard shall be:

   1. (1) Used to determine eligibility for applicants of FANF financial assistance in (b) above; and
   2. (2) The first subtraction from the monthly gross earned income.
4. (d) If a financial assistance applicant is determined eligible after applying the 20% EID as described in (c) above, then the benefit amount shall be determined using a 50% EID as described in (e) below.

5. (e) The 50% EID shall be used to determine:

   1. (1) The eligibility and the benefit amount for current FANF financial assistance recipients;
   2. (2) The eligibility and the benefit amount for applicants who have received FANF financial assistance in any one of the previous 6 months; and
   3. (3) The benefit amount for applicants who are determined eligible as described in (d) above.
6. (f) For FANF deeming and lump sum calculations, the employment expense disregard (EED), as defined in He-W 601.03(o), shall be 20% of the individual’s gross earned income.

Source. (See Revision Note #1 at Chapter Heading He-W 600) #5171, eff 6-26-91; ss by #6446, eff 2-1-97; ss by #7354, eff 9-1-00; ss by #9252, eff 9-1-08’ ss by #11186, eff 9-20-16