If the client does not report a change within ten days, the worker recomputes the budgets beginning with the month following the change to determine if there are overpayments. No one in the unit receives earned income disregards (20 percent disregard or child care) for the months in which the change was not reported if a unit member failed to report earned income, including failure to report a second source of income. Disregards are allowed beginning with the month following the month of discovery or report.
Note: If the client fails to report income that would not be budgeted anyway, such as earned income of a student, the worker does not need to recompute budgets.
(10/7/98)