---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 20.313"
title: "25"
number: "20.313"
heading: "How will the Bureau compute financial assistance payments?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/20.313"
---

# §20.313. How will the Bureau compute financial assistance payments?

- (a) The social services worker will compute financial assistance payments by beginning with the Bureau standard of assistance and doing the following:
  - (1) Subtracting from all resources calculated under [§§ 20.307 through 20.310](/cfr/25/20.307..20.310.md);
  - (2) Subtracting the rateable reduction or maximum payment level used by the state where the applicant lives;
  - (3) Subtracting an amount for shelter (see [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section for details on how to calculate a shelter amount); and
  - (4) **Rounding the result down to the next lowest dollar.**
- (b) The social services worker must calculate a shelter amount for purposes of [paragraph (a)(3)](#a-3) of this section. To calculate the shelter amount:
  - (1) The shelter amount must not exceed the amount for shelter in the state TANF standard;
  - (2) If the state TANF does not specify an amount for shelter, the social services worker must calculate the amount as 25 percent of the total state TANF payment; and
  - (3) If there is more than one household in a dwelling, the social services worker must prorate the actual shelter cost among the households receiving General Assistance; this amount cannot exceed the amount in the standard for individuals in similar circumstances. The head of each household is responsible for his/her portion of the documented shelter cost.
- (c) The social services worker must not provide General Assistance payments for any period before the date of the application for assistance.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 25 U.S.C. 13; Pub. L. 93-638; Pub. L. 98-473; Pub. L. 102-477; Pub. L. 104-193; Pub. L. 105-83.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 63159, Oct. 20, 2000, unless otherwise noted.