June Mae Blalock: Single Parent

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June Mae Blalock: Single parent works full time, pays child care, receives no child support, rents home

June Mae has three children: Frances (14), Fred (8), and Filipe (3). Frances is in 9th grade and plays rec ball. Fred is in 3rd grade, goes to afterschool daycare, and is in gymnastics. Filipe is in full-time daycare. June Mae receives childcare assistance through DFCS. Her share of the daycare costs is a total of $50 a week for both Fred and Filipe. June has not hear from their father, Clarence, since he joined the Foreign Legion two years ago and receives no child support.

June Mae works a minimum of 40 hours a week as a secretary at Thunder Mifflin making $14.00 an hour. She lives in her family’s old house and pays $500 a month in rent. She heats and cools her home with electricity. She also has a $300 a month car payment and pays $100 a month in auto insurance.

What does June Mae need to provide when she first applies?

  • An online or paper application (She can turn in the application first and send the other verification later when it’s requested, but she will have to provide it to be approved.)
  • Social security numbers and birth certificates for all family members
  • ID for herself
  • Proof of residency (lease, utility bill, etc.)
  • Four weeks’ worth of income (check stubs)
  • Rent verification

What does June Mae need to provide at recertification?

  • An online or paper renewal
  • Four weeks’ worth of income
  • Rent or mortgage verification only if it has not changed

June Mae qualifies the following deductions:

  • Child care deduction
  • Child care transportation deduction
  • Rent deduction
  • Utilities deduction: Heating and cooling deduction

What verification does June Mae need to provide for these deductions?

  • Child Care – client statement can be accepted unless the information appears questionable (example: bills exceed the household income.)
    • If questioned, provide one of the following:
      • receipt from the provider
      • statement from the provider
      • subsidized childcare record or by the CAPS worker
      • Childcare and Parent Services (CAPS) Disposition and Parent Information Notice OR Child Care Certificate
  • Child care transportation – client statement
    • June Mae drops off and picks up Filipe from the daycare every day using her own car. She picks up Fred from after school care that she pays for. She picks up Frances from the rec center three days a week.The rec center does not count as child care, so she cannot use it as a child care transportation deduction.Dropping off/picking up Filipe and picking up Fred do count and she can use to this mileage as a deduction. (Fred attends the same daycare as Filipe for afterschool care.)
    • June Mae needs to calculate the mileage from home to the daycare and write it down.
      • For example: It is 12 miles from home to the daycare, meaning she drives a total of 24 miles a day to and from the daycare. June Mae works five days a week, meaning she can use a total mileage amount of 120 miles a week for the transportation deduction.
      • June Mae needs to include this mileage under the question: “Do you pay transportation expenses for a dependent child or disabled adult household member?
      • ”Check NO under the question: “Are these expenses included in the dependent care expenses? “
    • If your case manager does not know that childcare mileage can be used, please refer them to Policy 3615 effective January 2025.
  • Shelter deduction (rent) – third party verification (lease, mortgage, receipt, landlord statement)
    •  June Mae rents a family home from her Aunt Freda for $500 and does not have an official lease. June Mae provided a hand written statement from her aunt.
    • The statement from Aunt Freda:
    • June Mae Blalock rents 123 ABC Street Atlanta Georgia for $500 a month. Rent does not include utilities. If you have any questions, please contact me at (404) 555-555.  Sincerely, Freda Blalock
  • Utilities deduction – Heating and cooling deduction: client statement
    • There are several utility deductions, but the largest and easiest one is the heating and cooling deduction.
    • To get the heating and cooling deduction: Select an answer to this question: “What is the home’s primary heating or cooling source? (electricity, gas, or both)”
    • Check no under the question: “Does someone else pay any of these household bills for you?”

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