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For purposes of 7 AAC 47.340 - 7 AAC 47.365, unless the context otherwise requires,
(1) "earned income" means wages or other compensation paid by an employer in exchange for service rendered; in the case of a self-employed person, "earned income" means gross earnings less the cost of doing business;
(2) "income" means property, money, or service received by the individual, together with a spouse, if any, under 7 AAC 47.360, that can be used, directly or indirectly, to meet the individual's need for food, clothing, and shelter;
(3) "living with" means residing as a family unit in a single residence, except that
(A) spouses, both of whom are otherwise eligible for assistance, who have separated without either having taken another spouse are reputably presumed to be living together unless they have been separated for six months;
(B) spouses, only one of whom is otherwise eligible for assistance, who have separated are rebuttably presumed to no longer live together on the first day of the calendar month following the month of separation; and
(C) spouses who have separated because one spouse enters long-term medical or nursing care are considered to no longer live together on the first day of the calendar month following the month of separation;
(4) "proceeds" means the sale price of the resource less any amount owed on the resource and any cost of its disposal;
(5) "resources" means any real or personal property that an individual, together with a spouse, if any, under 7 AAC 47.360, owns and can convert to cash to be used for the individual's support and maintenance;
(6) "spouse" means a person who is legally married;
(7) "unearned income" means income that is not earned, including income from an annuity, pension or retirement payments, disability benefits, veteran's compensation and pensions, workers compensation payments, social security payments, black lung benefits, assistance payments such as Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Alaska Temporary Assistance Program, Bureau of Indian Affairs general assistance, railroad retirement, unemployment compensation, insurance payments, support and alimony, gifts and prizes, inheritances, rents, dividends, royalties, interest, and any income considered available to the individual under 7 AAC 47.360.
History: Eff. 6/28/2002, Register 162
Authority: AS 47.05.010
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