As described in article Determining Eligibility of Eligible Individual with an Ineligible Spouse, a process is used to determine the eligibility of an eligible individual with an ineligible spouse. Occasionally, the eligible individual has enough earned income to make FACS believe the eligible individual is over income for a benefit and causing edit PSE409, even though the income is under the eligible individual with an ineligible spouse standard.

The income of the person eligible for SSP (ABD) must be below the income standard for an “Eligible Individual” on Appendix C-1 Schedule VIII.A. Once it has been determined that the income of the person eligible for SSP (ABD) meets the individual income standard the system will then look at the income of the spouse to determine if the household meets either of the other income standards.

The deductions will need to be shared between the spouses so that FACS sees the individual’s income is under the individual standard and the couple’s income is under the “eligible individual with an ineligible spouse” (for the SSP) or “couple” (for QMBP, SLMB, QI-1) standard.

The benefit that’s issued is based on the couple’s total countable income.

NOTE: If the eligible person is eligible as an individual with what is showing, then all deductions can be put on one individual if their income will not go into the negative.

Example

Alice Roosevelt is applying for ABD-related benefits. She is receiving $449 in SSI. She also works earning a monthly gross of $600. Her husband Theo also works and makes a monthly gross income of $1139.

Step 1 – Look at eligible individual income

Step 2 – Apply any ineligible child allocations

Step 3- Look at the combination of income

Step 4 – What was the person eligible to receive at both steps 1 and 4.

Eligible Individual Income

Alice has a monthly SSI income of $449 and earned income of $600.

$20 GIE cannot be taken from SSI; so, we apply it to the earned income.

$600 – 20 – 65 = $515 / 2 = $257.50

$257.50 + $449 = $706.5 ($707)

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Eligible Individual and Ineligible Spouse Earned Income

Theo has earned income of $1139. Added to Alice’s earned income is $600 + $1139 = $1,739

$1,739 – $20 – $65 = $1,654 / 2 = $827

Countable earned $827 + SSI $449 = $1,276.

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Coding Income in FACS

Alice’s Income Tab

• Countable Earned: $600
• Wage Indicator: Actual Federal Minimum Wage
• Non-TANF Exp (for Step 1) $706.50 + $65 = $771.50 ($771 after dropping the cents).

SSI

• Declared Monthly Amt: $449
• Receiving: click in the box for “yes”
• Countable Amt: $449

Theo’s Income Tab

• Countable Earned: $1139
• Non-TANF Work Exp: $827 (couple’s countable earned) + $65 = $892. We have already entered $322 in the Non-TANF Work Exp block for the eligible individual, so that leaves $892 – $322 = $570 to enter in the Non-TANF Work Exp for the ineligible spouse.