HH Comp
The household composition is determined ____________ for each household member applying
Is income terminated on an ongoing application, during base period or prior to application disposal counted.
No
What is prospective budgeting?
Is a process of determining countable income for the benefit month based on anticipated income expected to be received during the certification period.
The Work Number (TWN) must be ran on all individuals, of what age and older
18 years old and older
What are the two types of MAGI Households
Tax filer and Non filer
Whose income should be counted in Tax filer household
Tax filer, Live-in spouse and their tax dependent if they expect to file a tax return
How do you determine countable gross income?
Find gross income on the document and subtract any pre-tax or tax deferred deductions.
What income is used for Retroactive application income?
Actual
What pieces of evidence drive HH comp in NCFAST
Member Relationship and Tax Filing Status/Tax Relationship
Who makes up the Tax filer household
Tax filer, Live in spouse and tax dependents
Whose income will count in a tax dependent household
Tax filers income and other Tax dependents if they expect to file a tax return. Count income of tax dependents spouse if in the household.
When is the 5% disregard applied?
Applied when a client's household income exceeds the highest comprehensive income limit for Full Medicaid. Or when client's income makes then ineligible for all Medicaid Programs.
In NCFAST, What date entered for the Start Date Income Evidence for ongoing application
Base Period, First day of Base Period Month
What Programs use MAGI Methodology budgeting
MAF-C/N/D
MIC-N/1
MPW
MXP
Who makes the Non filer household?
Applicant, Live-in Spouse, Children under age 19, Live in parents for children under age 19 and live in siblings.
Whose Income will count for a non-filer (Adult) household.
Count income of own household, in come of children under age 19 if they expect to file.
What are the monthly conversion factors for weekly, bi-weekly, and twice a month.
Weekly: 4.3
Bi-weekly: 2.15
Twice a month: 2
What steps are used to calculate income?
Total all gross pay in the base period
Divide by number of pays
Multiply by appropriate conversion factor
When running OVS in NCFAST, What results can be checked to verify income
BENDEX, SOLQIS, NEWHRE, ESCWS
HH size of 5: Mary and John are married living together but filing separately. Mary's child (15yo) that she claims as a tax dependent. John claims their other two children 10yo & 6yo that Mary is the mother of. Everyone is applying what is the HH composition for all applicants.
Mary: 3 (Mary, John & 15 yo)
John: 4( John, Mary, 10yo & 6yo)
15yo: 3 (15yo, Mary & John)
10yo: 5 (10yo, Mary, John, 15yo & 6yo,)
6yo: 5 (6yo, Mary, John, 15yo & 6yo)
HH of 5 Mom and Dad, are filing jointly. Mom is Self Employed receiving 2500/monthly. Dad Receives RSDI in the amount of 2400/monthly. Dad receives Veterans benefits (2200/monthly) They claim daughter(17) that receives child support in the amount of 250/monthly. And they claim son (16).
Countable Income: Self Employment, RSDI
Non-Countable Income: Child Support, Veterans Benefits
Client submit application and applies for FCMA on February 4, 2026. And states on application that would like to be evaluated for Retroactive month- November 2025. What is client base period.
Retroactive Base period 11/1/2025-11/30/2025
Ongoing Base Period 1/1/2026-1/31/2026
Where do you to locate the household size for all applicants in NCFAST
Eligibility Check, Click on Date of Application decision, Click on income tab, then click on income folder.