504 Strikers
| Child Care - No policy requirement Food Stamps - 7 CFR 273.1 and 273.7 Family Care (AFDC-related) - 42 CFR 435.600 POWER - ARW, Chapt. 1, Section 5 |
A. Consider assistance units with striking members as Ineligible for benefits, unless the assistance unit was eligible for benefits the day prior to the Strike and are otherwise eligible at the time of Application.
B. DO NOT Deem any employee affected by a lock-out as a striker.
C. DO NOT deem any individual who goes on strike and is Exempt from work registration the day prior to the strike, other than those exempt solely due to the Employment, as a striker.
D. Make no increase to the benefit level as a result of the decrease in Income of the striker.
E. Determine pre‑strike eligibility by considering the date prior to the strike as the Date of application and assume the strike did not occur.
F. Determine the income:
1. Compare the striker's income prior to the strike, to the striker's current income; and
2. Use the higher of the two incomes; and
3. Add the striker's income to the current income of non-striking Assistance unit members during the Month of application; and
4. Allow the earned income and all other appropriate deductions.
| Family Care (AFDC-related) - 42 CFR 435.600 |
G. DO NOT allow Family Care (AFDC-related) eligibility for an adult who is participating in a strike but allow a pregnant woman/child(ren) to be eligible.
H. DO NOT allow POWER eligibility for an assistance unit when any member is participating in a strike.