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The purpose of this GIS is to inform local districts that temporary Census income will be excluded as income from Food Stamp Program eligibility determinations and benefit calculations, and to notify them about the creation of a specific Earned Income Source Code '75 - Census Income (PA Only)' to be used to budget the Census income for TA purposes.
As noted above, the primary dates for Census temporary employment will be from March, 2010 through, July 2010. However, the exclusion of Census income from the FS budget will be effective from March 1, 2010 through September 30, 2010, in the event that some Census operations extend beyond the projected July 2010 end date.
Census income must not be counted in the FS budget as long as the applicant/participant earned the income for services related to the 2010 Census operation, regardless of his/her hiring date for temporary Census employment.
Census income will not be excluded from either Temporary Assistance or HEAP eligibility and benefit determinations. Recipients of recurring Food Stamp benefits continue to be categorically income eligible for HEAP.
The income earned and hours of paid employment worked by those employed as temporary census workers will count towards meeting both TA and FS employment requirements, provided the hours of paid employment are documented and reported as indicated in the program implication section below.
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