ALLOCATED INCOME (FSM)

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Income paid by a TANF assistance group to provide for the unmet needs of a dependent of a TANF recipient. The dependent can be neither applying for or receiving TANF or adult category financial or medical assistance, nor disqualified from assistance for failure or refusal to meet TANF program requirements.

A dependent is either of the following:

• an individual the TANF recipient claims or can claim as a federal tax dependent for personal income tax purposes, or

• an individual who the TANF recipient is legally obligated to support.

Allocated income received by the household.

Treatment: Unearned Income.