The standard of need is a consolidation of items necessary for basic subsistence. Included in this standard are food, clothing, sundries, home supplies, utilities, laundry, and shelter. (Shelter includes rent, mortgage payment, taxes, and insurance.) Also included in this standard amount are meals prepared away from home, therapeutic diet, meals furnished to a household employee, transportation other than for employment, subsistence to obtain medical care, moving expenses, Social Security tax paid to an approved household employee, back taxes, furniture, appliances, etc.
(12/27/97)