Energy Programs

410.03 INCOME EXCLUSIONS FOR BOTH RECIPIENTS AND NON-RECIPIENTS

If the household has income not listed under countable or excluded income, contact your Food and Nutrition Services & Energy Programs Representative for assistance.

In computing income, do not count:

A. Wages (part-time or full-time) received by a high school or elementary school student under age 18 who is under parental control of an adult household member.

B. Income from Work Force Investment Act (WIA) for a child when he is under age 19, and he is under the parental control of an adult household member.

C. Reimbursements for past or future expenses are excluded if they are for a specific expense and used for the purpose intended, not a reimbursement for normal living expenses (such as rent, mortgage, personal clothing, or food eaten at home), and the reimbursement does not exceed the actual expense.

D. Income for supportive services or reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses to volunteers serving as foster grandparents, senior health aides or companions, Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE), Active Corps of Executives (ACE), or any other programs under Titles II and III of PL 93-113. Exclude payments under Title I as Vista, University Year of Action, etc.) if the individual was receiving public assistance (Work First Family Assistance or SSI) or Food and Nutrition Services at the time of joining VISTA/ACTION.

E. In-kind contributions.

F. Payments made directly to vendors on behalf of a household.

G. Irregular and infrequent income. This is income under $30 in a calendar quarter which is received too infrequently or irregularly to be reasonably anticipated.

H. Personal loans.

I. Payments made under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, PL 92-203.

J. Payments to certain Indian tribes as permitted by PL 94-114.

K. Funds received and used to pay for services rendered by another individual (non-household member) or agency. This includes Veterans Administration (VA) Education Assistance. Example: attendant or chore provider.

L. Disaster assistance.

M. HUD Community Development Block Grant funds received to finance the renovation of a privately owned residence.

N. The value of the Food and Nutrition Services Benefit amount.

O. The value of USDA donated foods (surplus commodities).

P. Relocation payments provided under the Federal Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970.

Q. Benefits received under Title Seven, Nutrition Program for the Elderly Older Americans Act, and Older American Community Service Programs.

R. The value of supplemental food assistance received under the Child Nutrition Act and the special food service program for children under the National School Lunch Act.

S. Payments made under PL 93-134, the Judgment Award Authorization Act of the Indian Claims Commission.

T. Exclude income from roomer/boarders when roomer/boarder is not part of the LIEAP household.

U. Payments made under PL 94-540 to the Grand River Band of the Ottawa Indians.

V. Agent Orange payments received from Aetna Insurance Company.

W. Child care payments received through Work First, the Division of Child Development and Development Block Grant Program (CCDBG), and "at-risk" child care.

X. Payments distributed pursuant to any judgment of the Indian Claims Commission of the Court of Claims in favor of any Indian tribe.

Y. Assistance to prevent fuel cutoffs and to promote energy efficiency under the Emergency Energy Conservation Services Program or the Energy Crisis Assistance Program as authorized by the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, as amended.

Z. Any Emergency Assistance or CIP paid or on behalf of an applicant.

AA. Employment and training benefits received under Title V of the Older Americans Act.

BB. Payments received under the Repatriated Americans Programs if the person receiving the payment is required to sign an express agreement to repay the funds received.

CC. Payments received as a result of the Wartime Relocation of Civilians law which are provided to certain citizens of Japanese ancestry, Japanese aliens, and Aleuts.

DD. Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) training allowances.

EE. Salary deduction for military service personnel used to fund the GI bill.

FF. Cash charitable contributions up to $300 per calendar quarter based on need which are received from a private nonprofit charitable organization (e.g., Salvation Army, Urban Ministry, churches, etc.).

GG. Nonrecurring lump sum payments. Example: Benefit Diversion Payment.

HH. Earned Income Tax Credit.

II. Money received by a payee which is used for the care and maintenance of a person who is not a household member.

JJ. Monies used to repay either voluntarily or involuntarily an overpayment from the same source.

KK. Payments received as a result of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. These payments are provided to individuals for injuries or death resulting from exposure to radiation from nuclear testing or uranium mining in Arizona, Nevada, and Utah.

LL. Money designated by Social Security Administration for deposit to a Plan for Achieving Self-Support (PASS) account.

MM. Title IV and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) educational assistance. See chart in (Figure 410-1 (pages 1 and 2) for educational assistance.)

NN. Income from the Adult Developmental Activities Program (ADAP).

OO. Payments made by HUD for utility assistance.

PP. Housing improvement grants.

QQ. Any funds distributed per capita to or held in trust for members of any Indian tribe under PL 92-254.

RR. Experimental Housing Allowance Program (EHAP) payments.

SS. Holocaust survivor's restitution payments