469 NAC 2-010.01C1b(1)
The following procedures are used in handling changes in income:
1. Initiate action within three working days to verify the change;
2. Determine new income amount;
3. Estimate income on information available. When projecting income, use the conversion tables and convert weekly or bi-weekly income to a monthly amount (see 469-000-201). If the client receives semi-monthly or monthly income, do not convert the income.
4. For an adverse action, send a timely notice. Make the change the first month possible. If the change is not an adverse action, re-do the budget for the month that the change was reported;
5. If the income figure in step 3 is verified, use that figure in the next three months' payment budgets if no other changes are reported;
6. If the income used in step 3 is based on the client's statement, compute the budget for the month following receipt of verification. Use the conversion tables to compute income received weekly or bi-weekly (see 469-000-201); and
7. If no other changes have been reported, determine after three months' receipt of income if income fluctuates or is stable and apply the appropriate rules.
The worker shall record in the case record the date of reported change, method of estimating income, and the date verification was made. Only one budget may be based on the client's declaration of income. If the worker has not received verification for the second budget, the case must be suspended.