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Title  | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 | Child Care Deduction for Food Stamps-- CLE Updated and revised a child care deduction /food stamp flier for your clients, reflecting the federal Farm Bill's uncapping of the deduction and DTA's acceptance of self-declared expenses. | 9/29/2008 | |
| Child care/adult dependent care deduction for Food Stamps: Self-declaration of expenses allowed! Memo from Pat Baker of MLRI explaining recent policy clarification and how families can now claim child care/ dependent care expense deduction by self-declaration. Also attached are Field Operations Memo 07-19on this issue, and a CLE flier for clients. | 3/10/2007 | ||
 | FYI 06/08: Food Stamp Program Increase in Federal Mileage Rate Food stamp regulations at 106 CMR 364.400 allow elderly and/or disabled household members to deduct medical expenses in excess of $35 per month. This includes the reasonable cost of transportation and lodging to obtain medical treatment or services. These regulations also allow a deduction for dependent care expenses incurred for transportation to and from a child care or dependent care site. | 6/1/2008 | |
| | Quality Corner: Counting income from a terminated source for AU's on Monthly Reporting (TAFDC), Child care expense deductions (Food Stamps) To disregard income from a terminated source for an AU on Monthly Reporting, 3 things are necessary: 1) the termination must occur during the budget month, 2) not counting the wages must increase the TAFDC grant, and 3) the wages must be timely reported. Case workers must ask Food Stamp applicants and recipients about child care expenses when it appears they may have them. | 11/25/2003 | |
