Converting Income 400-28-70
(Revised 10/1/11 ML #3278)
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NDAC 75-02-01.3-07
Income for the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) is converted to a monthly income. Income must be converted for all cases where income (both earned and unearned) is received either weekly or biweekly.
Income conversion does not apply to the following:
- Income for individuals who have a Waived Co-pay as income is not counted
- Self-employment income
- Child support income
- When eligibility is being determined for the month prior to the application month
- Individuals paid monthly, semi-monthly, or irregularly
Note: Tips, commissions, monthly bonuses or incentive that are paid monthly, semi-monthly, irregularly and are not included on the paystub are not converted. The tips, commissions, monthly bonuses or incentives must be counted separately as earned income.
For regular income if an individual is paid weekly or bi-weekly but did not receive a pay check for each pay period, the wages must still be converted.
Tips, commissions, monthly bonuses or incentives that are paid weekly or biweekly and included on the paystub must be converted.
To convert weekly earnings, total the weekly checks and divide by the number of checks to arrive at the weekly average. The weekly average is then multiplied by 4.3.
To convert biweekly earnings, total the biweekly checks and divide by the number of checks to arrive at the biweekly average. The biweekly average is then multiplied by 2.15.
When an individual begins a new job, or has a change in the number of hours employed and the employer verifies a range of work hours, the greater number of work hours verified must be used to determine the income for the caretaker.
