County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency HHSACalWORKs Program Guide Number Page Senior Parent Income 41500I 1 of 3 Revision Date July 1 2020 Background The income and needs of the Senior Parents SP are to be applied in all income eligibility determinations including the applicantrecipient income tests as well as budget computations Purpose To define the SP income requirements This material revision is to reformat the section and to update the examples with current Earned Income Disregard and Maximum Aid Payment MAP amounts Policy SP Income In cases where a Minor Parent MP lives with their parents the income and needs of the SP must be considered The MP is to have their aid payment calculated using existing income and computation rules The SPs income must be counted when determining the eligibility and aid payment for the MPs Assistance Unit AU Ineligible MP When the SPs income causes the MPs AU to be ineligible the MPs case is denieddiscontinued All the MPs income is considered available to the MPs AU Example of Ineligible MP AU Due to Excess SP Income The persons residing together and receiving aid are the SP a minor child the MP and the MPs child The SP earnings are 300000 which is the familys only income The family is nonexempt The eligibilitygrant computation is as follows 300000 Gross Family Earned Income 50000 500 Income Disregard 250000 Nonexempt Earnings 125000 50 Earned Income Disregard 125000 Total Net Nonexempt Income round down 106000 MAP for an AU of 4 125000 Total Net Nonexempt Income 0 Grant AU ineligible SPMP Eligibility When considering a SPs income results in the eligibility of the minor and the minor is either eligible to be included in their own AU or is eligible to be included in the SPs AU the SPs income is considered and the AUs grant amount is The lesser of the potential grant amount of the MPs AU MAP County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency HHSA CalWORKs Program Guide Senior Parent Income Number 41500I Page 2 of 3 Plus any special needs for the MPs AU less any overpayment adjustment Example of Minor in Own AU SP Excluded The persons residing together are the SP the MP and the MPs child The SP is not in the AU The SP earns 102500 The MP has no income The family is nonexempt The eligibilitygrant computation is as follows 102500 50000 52500 26250 26200 87800 26200 61600 69600 61600 Gross Family Earned Income 500 Income Disregard Nonexempt Earnings 50 Earned Income Disregard Total Net Nonexempt Income round down MAP for an AU of 3 Total Net Nonexempt Income Potential Grant MAP for an AU of 2 Actual Grant Amount lesser of potential grant or AU MAP Example of MP in SPs AU MP lives with both parents The SPs choose to be in the AU with the MP and the minors child One SP earns 900month from fulltime employment The other SP earns 400month from parttime employment and 125 in State Disability Insurance benefits The MP has no income The AU is nonexempt The eligibilitygrant computation is as follows 12500 DisabilityBased Income 50000 500 Income Disregard 37500 Net Nonexempt DisabilityBased Income 130000 37500 92500 46250 46200 46200 106000 46200 59800 Gross Family Earnings Remainder of Disregard 500 125 Nonexempt Earned Income 50 Earned Income Disregard Net Nonexempt Income round down Total Net Nonexempt Income MAP for an AU of 4 Net Nonexempt Income Grant Amount County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency HHSA CalWORKs Program Guide Senior Parent Income Number 41500I Page 3 of 3 Procedure None Program Impacts None References EAS 892015 Sunset Date This policy will be reviewed for continuance by July 31 2023 Rick Wanne Director Eligibility Operations