452-10 TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE AND APA
A Temporary Assistance applicant may receive APA benefits while eligibility for Temporary Assistance is being determined. However, except for Temporary Assistance to APA conversion situations, an APA applicant may not receive APA benefits for any month in which his or her needs were included in the Temporary Assistance case.
This restriction does not apply to an individual whose income and resources were considered available to the Temporary Assistance assistance unit, if the individual was not a member of the Temporary Assistance case.
If one member of a couple receives Temporary Assistance and the other member receives APA , the APA recipient is budgeted as an individual. However, if the ineligible spouse is not included in the Temporary Assistance case, the APA case is budgeted as a couple, one eligible case.
452-10 B. TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE TO APA CONVERSIONS
In many situations, a Temporary Assistance recipient’s eligibility for APA will begin the month following the month the individual’s needs are removed from the Temporary Assistance case. However, in some situations, the individual will be eligible for APA benefits while his or her needs are still included in the Temporary Assistance case.
This situation occurs when the individual’s own countable income, including his or her share of the Temporary Assistance payment, is less than the applicable APA need standard. For APA purposes, the countable income that person derives from a Temporary Assistance grant is the difference between the Temporary Assistance payment actually made to the Temporary Assistance assistance unit, and the Temporary Assistance payment which would have been made had the individual not been included in the grant.
Note:
Regardless of an individual’s total monthly countable income, the APA payment
to the individual cannot exceed the amount that would be paid if the individual
were receiving SSI Supplemental Security Income
benefits. See
section 452-5A.
Example
1: Eligible
for Temporary Assistance and APA at the same time (
based on 2004 Temporary Assistance and APA income standards)
In July 2004, a two-parent family containing one child applies for Temporary
Assistance for the entire family, and APA for the father. The
family is approved for Temporary Assistance, and the APA application is
pended for a disability determination by SSA. The
family’s only source of income is their monthly Temporary Assistance check
for $923. In
October, SSA notifies the father that he is eligible for Social Security
Disability Insurance benefits of $600 per month. The
father is potentially eligible for APA beginning November 1, the month
after the SSA notification. Because
the father is now eligible for APA, his needs are removed from the Temporary
Assistance case at the earliest opportunity; in this case, effective October
31 with timely notice of adverse action.
Without the needs of the father included, the remaining family members
qualify for a maximum monthly Temporary Assistance payment of $821. Therefore,
the father’s share of the Temporary Assistance payment for the months
of November is $102 ($923 - $821 = $102). Because
of the father’s own income of $600 SSA and his $102 share of Temporary
Assistance grant is less than the applicable 2004 APA need standard of
$1047, he qualifies for APA payments beginning with the month of November.
Example 2: Not
eligible for Temporary Assistance and APA at the same time (based
on 2004 Temporary Assistance and APA income standards)
In July 2004, a single mother and her two children applies for Temporary
Assistance for herself and her two children, and APA for herself. The
family is approved for Temporary Assistance, and the APA application is
pended for a disability determination by SSA. The
family’s only source of income is their monthly Temporary Assistance check
for $923. In
October, SSA notifies the mother that she is eligible for Social Security
Disability Insurance benefits of $900 per month. The
mother is potentially eligible for APA beginning November 1, the month
after the SSA notification. Because
the mother is now eligible for APA, her needs are removed from the Temporary
Assistance case at the earliest opportunity following adverse action notice
requirements; in this case, effective November 30.
Without the needs of the mother included, the remaining family members
qualify for a maximum monthly Temporary Assistance payment of $554. Therefore,
the mother’s share of the Temporary Assistance payment for the month of
November is $369 per month ($923 - $554 = $369). Because
the mother’s own income of $900 SSA and her $369 share of the Temporary
Assistance grant is more than the applicable 2004 APA need standard of
$1047, she does not qualify for APA for the month of November. Her
eligibility for APA begins December 1, 2004.
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