Section 114.227  Budgeting Earned Income of Applicants

a)         The earned income received or expected to be received during a thirty day period commencing with the day of application shall be considered in the determination of eligibility.

b)         If the client is eligible, the amount of his initial prorated entitlement period (IPE) grant shall be based on the nonexempt income which the client expects to receive during the IPE period.  The IPE period is the period of time from when assistance first begins to the time the recipient receives the first regular grant.

c)         For the months following the IPE, the amount of the grant shall be based on the amount of nonexempt income anticipated to be received during the payment month.

(Source:  Amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 164, effective January 1, 2002)