DEEMED INCOME SR 94-50, 09/94 (FAM-A)

Income which is considered to be available for use by an individual regardless of actual receipt. Income is deemed only from parent to child and from spouse to spouse. See Disqualified Member’s Income. To calculate deemed income, see Chapter 600, Part 611, Income Budgeting. Types of income are deemed as follows:

• A portion of a sponsor’s income is deemed to an alien for a period of 3 years after the alien’s entry.

• The income of ineligible aliens or refugees is deemed available to their children living with them when the parents’ ineligible alien or refugee status is the only cause for ineligibility from the assistance group.

• The income of parents is deemed available to their TANF children living with them.

• In a three-generation household, the income of grandparents—if they are themselves receiving assistance—is deemed available to their TANF children who are minor parents. In TANF financial assistance cases, this deemed income is available to the grandchildren in the case. In TANF MA-only cases, however, this income is not deemed available to the grandchildren. The minor parent must be under age 18 for AP/MA or under age 21 for MA-only.

Exception: In TANF financial assistance cases, if a minor parent is disqualified due to failure to cooperate, their income is deemed available to the TANF case, including any income deemed from the grandparents.

• The income of parents is deemed to their children living with them who receive medical assistance under any of the following programs:

- Poverty-Level Children under 19 years of age.

- In and Out Children’s Medical Assistance (CH).

• The income of parents is deemed to their children living with them who receive medical assistance as Children with Severe Disabilities.

• The income of the parents is deemed to a woman who is receiving benefits under the Poverty-Level Pregnant Women (PLP) program, as long as she is under 21 and living with them. However, the income of the father’s parents is not deemable to the father of the unborn baby or the pregnant woman.

The income of any parent or spouse open in a separate case—MA-only, TANF (AP or MA), OAA, ANB, APTD, or SSI—is not deemed available to an TANF assistance group, nor is the TANF AP group’s income deemed available to them.

Treatment: Unearned Income