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Department
of Human Services Families
First Online Policy Manual Citizenship and Alien Status |
Revised: |
11.12 |
ESTABLISHING INCOME AND RESOURCE AMOUNT FROM SPONSORS |
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The following steps are necessary in
establishing the amount of income and resources which shall be deemed from
the individual citizen sponsor to the alien whether or not these are actually
available to the alien. Income of
Sponsor: 1.
Determine
the gross earned and unearned income of the sponsor and the sponsor’s spouse
(the latter’s income will be considered even if the marriage occurred after
the affidavit of support was executed).
Note: If the sponsor and/or spouse receive
Families First or SSI, no income is to be considered available to the alien. 2.
Deduct from
the gross earned income (wages, salaries, or net earnings from
self-employment) 20% of the total of such amounts or $175.00, whichever is
less. 3.
Deduct the
Consolidated Standard of Need for the number of individuals living with the
sponsor who are claimed by the sponsor and/or the sponsor’s spouse as
dependents for federal personal income tax liability. 4.
Deduct the
amount the sponsor and/or spouse pays to individuals outside the home who are
claimed as dependents for federal income tax purposes. 5.
Deduct any
amount paid by the sponsor and/or spouse for child support or alimony to
individuals living outside the home. 6.
The
remaining income is considered as unearned income to the alien and will be
added to the alien’s own income in determining eligibility for assistance. 7.
Follow
Families First budgeting procedures beginning with the Gross Income Standard
test. ·
Determine
the amount of countable resources of the sponsor and the sponsor’s spouse as
though the sponsor were applying for Families First. ·
Deduct $1500
from the total countable resources. ·
The balance
of the resources are considered available to the alien and added to the
alien’s own countable resources in determining eligibility. It is important to note that the provision for considering the income
and resources of the individual citizen sponsor as available to the alien is
not waived, even though the sponsor may have revoked his sponsorship
agreement. Income and resources which are deemed to a sponsored alien are not
considered available to unsponsored members of the alien’s family except to
the extent the income and resources are actually available. Unsponsored members are not ineligible
simply because a sponsored member fails to provide information regarding
his/her sponsor. |
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