Mich. Admin. Code R. 400.7014 - Eligibility; exempt income; available earned and unearned income
Rule 14.
(1) Income
that is exempt from consideration in determining eligibility for the SER
program shall be income from the following sources:
(a) Income in kind.
(b) Food assistance program.
(c) Michigan homestead property tax
credit.
(d) Money given to the SER
group by a person or organization as reimbursement for past, current, or future
training-related expenses, medical care expenses, or expenses incurred as a
volunteer.
(e) Reimbursement of
medicare premiums.
(f) Michigan
department of mental community health family support subsidy
payments.
(g) Compensation that is
awarded for a particular use.
(h)
Child care payments and allowances that are made by the department.
(i) Disaster relief assistance.
(j) Benefits that are received from any of
the following programs:
(i) Women, infants,
and children program.
(ii) Title
VII nutrition program for the elderly.
(iii) Energy assistance that is received from
any of Michigan's low income energy assistance grant programs.
(iv) Child nutrition and school lunch
programs and subsidies.
(k) Housing assistance that is paid under any
state or federal law.
(l)
Educational grants and scholarships.
(m) The earnings of a member of the SER group
who is a dependent child when both of the following conditions are met:
(i) The accumulated earnings are held in a
savings account of which the dependent child who earned the money is the sole
tenant.
(ii) The accumulated
earnings are not commingled with money obtained from any source except the
earnings of the dependent child.
(2) Unearned income shall be counted in
determining the amount of emergency relief that a SER group is eligible to
receive. Such income includes all of the following:
(a) Assistance that is paid by the department
pursuant to the family independence program or the state disability assistance
program.
(b) Retirement, survivors,
and disability insurance benefits that are paid by the social security
administration.
(c) Supplemental
security income that is paid by the social security administration.
(d) Alimony.
(e) Child support.
(f) Veterans administration
benefits.
(g) Unemployment
benefits, including unemployment compensation benefits, railroad unemployment
benefits, and other governmental unemployment benefits.
(h) Payments from private sick and accident
insurance plans.
(i) Workers'
compensation benefits.
(j) Pensions
and retirement benefits.
(k) Strike
benefits.
(l) Income that is
received by a client from the sale of property on a land contract or mortgage,
including principal and interest.
(m) Military allotments.
(n) Investment income, such as dividends,
interest, and royalties.
(o) Income
from annuities, bonds, stocks, and trusts.
(3) Net unearned income shall be determined
by deducting all of the following from the gross amount received:
(a) Mandatory taxes.
(b) Court-ordered child support paid, but not
more than the amount ordered by the court.
(c) Payments for health insurance.
(4) Net income from employment or
self-employment shall be determined by deducting the expenses of employment
from the gross amount received. Expenses of employment shall be limited to the
following:
(a) Mandatory taxes.
(b) Deductions required by the employer as a
condition of employment.
(c)
Deductions for health insurance.
(d) Court-ordered child support paid, but not
more than the amount ordered by the court.
(e) The cost of dependent care for either of
the following:
(i) A dependent child who is
less than 13-years-old.
(ii) A
person who is 13-years-old or older and who needs care due to a mental or
physical impairment.
(5) The amount deducted for dependent care
under the provisions of subrule (4)(e) of this rule shall be the actual cost of
care or $200.00, whichever is less, for each person who receives dependent
care. The cost of dependent care for a person shall not be allowed as a
deduction from the earnings of more than 1 member of the SER group. A deduction
for the cost of dependent care shall not be allowed if the caregiver is any of
the following persons:
(a) A member of the SER
group.
(b) A legally responsible
relative of the employed person or of the person who needs care.
(c) A dependent relative of the employed
person.
(d) A person who is not a
member of the SER group, if the care can reasonably and safely be provided by 1
of the following persons who lives in the home:
(i) A member of the SER group.
(ii) A responsible relative of the employed
person or the person who needs care.
(iii) A dependent relative of the employed
person.
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