Primary Adult Care Program
Countable Household Income 

A. Income to be considered in determining financial eligibility is both earned and unearned gross income of the unit projected for the 12-month period beginning with the month in which the application is filed with the Department.

B. Earned income includes:

(1) Wages;

(2) Commissions and fees;

(3) Salaries and tips;

(4) Profit from self employment;

(5) The value of non-monetary compensation received for services rendered;

(6) Profit from rent received from a roomer, tenant, or boarder. When profit cannot be documented, the following applies:

(a) When the source of payment is the rental of a room in the recipient's own residence, profit is considered 25 percent of payments when the tenant receives room and board, or 75 percent of payments when the tenant receives room only;

(b) When the source of payment is the rental of a home or apartment, profit is considered 30 percent of the payment when the recipient pays all utilities, 35 percent when the recipient pays either heat or electric utilities, and 40 percent when the recipient pays for no utilities.

C. Unearned income includes:

(1) Payments from unemployment insurance, the Family Investment Program, the Supplemental Security Income Program, Veterans' and Workers' Compensations, private insurance, Black Lung Program, Railroad Retirement, Social Security, pensions, annuities, and other regular benefits received;

(2) Support from absent relatives, support from legally responsible relatives, and income which is received on a regular basis from relatives and friends who are not legally responsible;

(3) Parental income received by a child as support from his natural or adoptive parents or putative father;

(4) Income from assets received as either interest, dividends, or other income from savings accounts, certificates, stocks, bonds, insurance policies, mortgages, and from real property when not included as earned income;

(5) In-kind income such as food and shelter provided by someone else.

Legislative Source - COMAR 10.09.60.12

Source: Maryland Legal Assistance Network (MLAN)

Last legal review April 2007 (MLAN/AC/AF)

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