Any child, spousal, and cash medical support, including arrears, (see definitions in 468 NAC 1-004) paid to the Nebraska Child Support Payment Center or paid directly to the client by the noncustodial parent before the approval date is considered in determining eligibility. The total amount of child, spousal, and cash medical support received by the client is considered. The worker must use in the budget the actual amount of support received and retained by the client.
To determine initial eligibility, the worker considers the total anticipated monthly child/spousal support.
For continuing eligibility, the worker considers only the actual dollar amount of child, spousal, and cash medical support paid directly to the client by the noncustodial parent or paid to the Nebraska Child Support Payment Center and forwarded to the client before the approval date or unassigned child, spousal, and cash medical support for those ADC cases opened on or after October 1, 2009. See 468 NAC 2-015.01 and 2-015.02 for eligibility and budgeting regulations. See 468 NAC 2-015.01 for regulations on projecting income. Spousal support that is not linked to child support is not assigned.
Child support (for months where the family did not receive an ADC grant) which is distributed to the custodial parent is counted as unearned income on the ADC budget. To determine the amount which is reflected on the ADC budget, the worker must use a three-month average of the amount distributed.
Cash medical support ordered as part of a support order is assigned for Medicaid-only cases as well as ADC grant cases.
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