MANUAL TRANSMITTAL
Arkansas Department of Human Services
Division of County Operations
Policy Issuance Number: TEA 00-9
Transitional Employment Assistance Manual Issuance Date: April 25, 2000
From: Ruth Whitney, Director Expiration Date: Until Superseded
Subj: Micro-enterprise (Self-Employment)
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Pages to be Deleted |
Dated |
Pages to be Added |
Dated |
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| TEA 3222 – 3224 | 7/1/99 | TEA 3222 - 3223 | 7/1/99 |
| (pages 107 - 108) | (pages 107 - 108) | 3/15/00 | |
| TEA 3224 – 3232 | 7/1/99 | TEA 3223 – 3223.2 | 3/15/00 |
| (pages 109 – 110) | (pages 108a – 108b) | ||
| None | 3/15/00 | ||
| (page 108c) | |||
| None | 7/1/99 | ||
| (pages 109 – 110) | |||
| TEA 2272 | 1/20/00 | TEA 2272 | 3/15/00 |
| (page 58a) | (page 58a) | ||
| TEA 2340 – 2343 | 12/1/97 | TEA 2340 – 2343 | 3/15/00 |
| (pages 77-78) | 7/1/97 | (pages 77-78) | 7/1/97 |
| TEA 2344 | 7/1/97 | TEA 2344 | 3/15/00 |
| (pages 81 – 82) | (pages 81 – 82) | 7/1/97 |
Summary of Changes
TEA 3223, Micro-enterprise (Self-Employment), has been revised and expanded to provide procedures for allowing individuals to participate in the micro-enterprise work activity and the establishment of micro-enterprise escrow accounts.
TEA 3223.1 is a new section entitled "Coordinating with Micro-lending Programs", in which procedures are provided for coordination between the DHS county office and micro-lending agencies for making referrals.
TEA 3223.2 is a new section entitled "Escrow Account" in which policy has been incorporated providing procedures for allowing a TEA recipient in the micro-enterprise work activity to escrow profits from a business. An individual will be allowed to deposit up to $10,000 into an escrow account and these funds will be disregarded as income and as a resource.
TEA 2272 (#14) is the resource disregard for the funds placed in a micro-enterprise escrow account.
TEA 2341 (#8) is the earned income disregard for the amount deposited into a micro-enterprise escrow account.
TEA 2344 has been revised to include as a disregard from the self-employment computation, the amount deposited into the escrow account.
Inquiries to: Lorie Williams, TEA Policy Unit, 682-8256
Renee Green, TEA Policy Unit, 682-8266
Gerry Reed, TEA Policy Unit, 682-8253