12VAC30-40-105: Financial eligibility

Working Individuals with Disabilities; Basic Coverage Group (Ticket to Work and Work Incentive Improvement Act (TWWIIA)).

The following standards and methods shall be applied in determining financial eligibility:

1. The agency applies the following income and resource standards to applicants of this program:

a. The individual's total countable income shall not exceed 80% of the current federal poverty income guidelines; and

b. The individual's total countable assets shall not exceed $2,000.

2. Income methodologies. In determining whether an individual meets the income standard described in subdivision 1 of this section, the agency uses more liberal income methodologies than the SSI program as further described in 12VAC30-40-280.

3. Resource methodologies. The agency uses resource methodologies in addition to any indicated in subdivisions 1 and 2 of this section that are more liberal than those used by the SSI program as described in 12VAC30-40-290.