WAC 388-450-0110

Effective September 1, 1998

WAC 388-450-0110 Allocating the income of a GA-U client to legal dependents.

This section applies to the GA-U program.

  1. The income of a GA-U client is reduced by the following:

    1. The GA-U earned income disregard and work expense disregard, as specified in WAC 388-450-0175; and

    2. An amount not to exceed the department's standard of need for court or administratively ordered current or back support for legal dependents. 

  2. When a GA-U client in a medical institution, alcohol or drug treatment center, congregate care facility or adult family home has income, the income is countable to meet the client's needs after the income is reduced by the following:

    1. The payment standard amount for the nonapplying spouse and legal dependents living in the home; and

    2. The standard of assistance the client is eligible for while in an alternative care facility.

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