3.1  General Financial Eligibility

All applicants must meet both nonfinancial and financial eligibility criteria to be considered eligible for W-2 services or a JAL.

There are two exceptions:

W-2 financial eligibility is determined by both a gross income test and an asset test.

When testing prospectively for income and assets (see 3.2.2.1), the FEP must not combine months of income ineligibility and months of asset ineligibility to create two consecutive calendar months of financial ineligibility.

 

EXAMPLE:  

February:

March:

April:

 

Month

Event

Income Limit

Asset Limit

Eligibility Status

February

Judy receives a legal settlement of $5,000

Over

Under

Eligible

March

Judy spends $2,200 of the settlement and has $2,700 remaining

Under

Over

Eligible

April

Judy confirms the settlement was spent

Under

Under

Eligible

 

 

 

 

History:Release 23-07; Release 16-01.