Hi. First post on here... Reading through this thread has been helpful, just wanted to add my experience. I applied for CVAP on 12/29, had been under review for a few weeks now without any communication, until today. I got an email stating that my application was declined. Message below:
"Thank you for submitting an application for the Clean Vehicle Assistance Program. We regret to inform you that we are unable to approve your eligibility for a clean vehicle grant. Currently, your application was declined because of the following reasons:
Total gross income for household was over 400% FPL. Please refer to page 12-15 of our Implementation Manual on our website (bottom of homepage under "Resources" tab) for further explanation of how household income is calculated. With Schedule C's of tax returns, we are directed to take line 7 for income.
Although we are unable to approve your application now, we encourage you to keep this program in consideration if you believe you may meet all the eligibility criteria in the future. Thank you for your time and best of luck on your clean vehicle search."
I have a regular job and my husband is self-employed, business is under my name, we file Married. Obviously, what the business makes isn't what we take home, so it's a bummer that income is used for eligibility, instead of AGI. Especially when that figure is before the deduction of 1099s we've issued to others. I'm going to read what they referred to in their Implementation Manual, but it appears my wait is over. On the one hand, I don't have to wait and wonder if I'd be missing out on a possible 5k. On the other hand, I'm missing out on 5k! lol Best of luck!