ALLOCATED INCOME SR 97-13, 05/97 (FAM-A)

Income paid by an TANF assistance group to provide for the unmet needs of a dependent of an TANF recipient. The dependent can be neither applying for or receiving TANF or adult category financial or medical assistance, nor disqualified from assistance for failure or refusal to meet TANF program requirements.

A dependent is either of the following:

• an individual the TANF recipient claims or can claim as a federal tax dependent for personal income tax purposes, or

• an individual who the TANF recipient is legally obligated to support.

Treatment:

Income allocated for dependents in the TANF household but not in the assistance group: Deduct the TANF payment standard for the appropriate group size.

Allocated income paid by the assistance group for dependents outside the TANF household: Deduct the amount the TANF individual actually pays to support the dependent.