Haw. Code R. § 17-680-28 - Eligibility and benefit determination
(a) Households
shall have their net income compared to the monthly income eligibility
standards for the appropriate household size to determine eligibility for the
month.
(b) In addition to meeting
the net income eligibility standards, households which do not contain an
elderly or disabled member as defined in section 17-680-21 shall have their
gross income compared to the gross monthly income standards for the appropriate
household size to determine eligibility for the month.
(c) For households considered destitute under
chapter 17-663, the branch shall determine the household's eligibility by
computing its gross and net income according to chapter 17-663 and comparing,
as appropriate, either the gross and net or net income to the corresponding
income eligibility standard in accordance with subsections (a) and
(b).
(d) Except as provided in
subsection (e) and section 17-680-27(c) and (d), the household's monthly
allotment shall be equal to the thrifty food plan for the household's size
reduced by thirty per cent of the household's net monthly income as calculated
under chapter 17-676. After multiplying the net income by thirty per cent, the
branch shall round the product up if it ends in cents prior to subtracting that
amount from the thrifty food plan. This rounding method shall be used in all
determinations of allotments.
(e)
All eligible one and two person households shall receive a minimum benefit as
defined in section 17-680-21.
(f)
With the exception of households whose benefit determination are based on the
categorical eligibility requirements under chapter 17-663, a household with
three or more members, which is eligible by the gross income test, but which is
entitled to no benefits, except because of the proration requirements of
section 17-680-27(c) and (d) and the provision precluding issuances of less
than $10 in an initial month, the branch shall deny the household's application
on the grounds that its net income exceeds the level at which benefits are
issued. This refers to situations when after the net monthly income computation
is completed, the household's monthly allotment for the month of application is
zero.
(g) For those eligible
households which are entitled to no benefits in their initial month of
application, in accordance with section 17-680-27(c) and (d), but are entitled
to the benefits in the subsequent month, the department shall certify the
households beginning with the month of application.
(h) When a household's circumstances change
and it becomes entitled to a different income eligibility standard, the branch
shall apply the different standard under section 17-680-34.
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