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IMA POLICY MANUAL
PART VI: FINANCIAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Chapter 4: Determining Countable Income
Foster Care Payments 4.16
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A child receiving foster care is categorically eligible for MA and should be his/her own group (see Section 1.3: Mandatory Group Members in Part IV). A child receiving foster care should not be part of a group consisting of members of the foster family. Exclude all payments related to foster care from the income of the group consisting of members of the foster family.
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| TANF |
Children receiving foster care payments are ineligible for TANF cash assistance. Exclude foster care payments when determining the eligibility of group members.
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| GC |
Children receiving foster care payments are ineligible for GC.
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The group may choose to include or exclude a foster child whose foster parent is a group member (see Section 1.3: Mandatory Group Members in Part IV). If the child is in the group, count all payments as unearned income. If the child is not in the group, exclude all payments. |
Grandparents Caregivers Subsidy 4.16a
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Effective March 1, 2006, certain relatives who care for a child may receive subsidies under the Grandparent Caregivers Pilot Program. The only relatives who qualify are grandparents, great-grandparents, great-aunts, and great-uncles.
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| MA |
Exclude Grandparent subsidies from countable income for both the child and caretaker relative. |
| TANF |
See MA.
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Count Grandparent subsidies as unearned income. |
Guardianship Subsidy 4.16b
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A child whose legal guardian is receiving a guardianship subsidy is categorically eligible for MA and should be his/her own group.
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| TANF |
Children, whose legal guardian receives a guardianship subsidy for the children, are ineligible for TANF cash assistance. Exclude guardianship subsidy payments when determining the eligibility of group members.
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Children, whose legal guardian receives a guardianship subsidy for the children, are ineligible for GC cash assistance.
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Count guardianship subsidy payments as unearned income. Children must be included in the food stamp household of a legal guardian with whom they live. |
| ALL |
No form of housing assistance provided by the federal or District of Columbia governments or a non-profit organization which provides assistance directly to a landlord is counted as income when determining eligibility. Exclude housing assistance provided under any of the following laws:
- Title II of the Uniform Relocation and Real Property Acquisition Act of 1970.
- Experimental Housing Allowance Program made under Annual Contribution Contracts entered into prior to January 1, 1975 under Section 23 of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937, as amended.
- U.S. Housing Act of 1937.
- Relocation payments made to displaced persons under Section 216 of P.L. 91-6469, the Uniform Relocation Assistance, and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970.
- National Housing Act of 1949.
- Section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965.
Many housing programs operate under the last four laws, including the Rent Supplement (Section 8) Program, 236 Program, and 235 Program.
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Incentive Payments for Prenatal and Well-Baby Care 4.18
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Exclude all payments from the Better Babies program. |
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Exclude federal, state, and local income tax refunds, including refunds from the EITC (see Section 1.14: Income Tax Refunds in this Part). For information on how the EITC is treated in determining countable assets, see Section 1.8: Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) in this Part.
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Inconsequential Income 4.20
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Inconsequential income is income that is unpredictable and irregular and has no appreciable effect on continuing need, such as occasional cash gifts or yard sale proceeds. If the income is a donation from a private entity, see Section 4.12: Donations in this Chapter.
Exclude a group member's first $50 of inconsequential income per month. If it is received by the entire group, it may be prorated among the members.
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In-Kind Benefits are goods or services provided to a person, group, or family in a form other than money. This includes meals, food, clothing, shelter, etc.
Exclude all In-Kind Benefits from countable income.
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Japanese/Aleut Payments 4.22
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Exclude payments made under P.L. 100-383 to U.S. citizens of Japanese ancestry, resident Japanese aliens, and Andaluets.
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Exclude all jury duty compensation.
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TANF
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See MA..
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Exclude the amount of jury duty compensation that is a reimbursement for transportation. Count the remainder as earned income.
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