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housing” regardless if they reside on or off the installation. The United States Department of HUD: http://www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/fmr.html.

d. Unearned Income from Federal Benefits Social Security, UIB, or Veterans Benefits can be anticipated once a determination is made from the source. This income is counted as of the date the individual is advised in writing by the applicable source payments will begin when the written determination is available for the individual during the month of application. When the written determination is issued after the month of application, it would not be counted and would need to be reported only if it causes the family’s income to exceed eighty-five percent (85%) of the SMI.

UIB is a weekly benefit; however, recipients are paid on a bi- weekly schedule. Therefore, the bi-weekly conversion factor of 2.15 is applied. The average payment amount is multiplied by 2.15 to obtain the monthly amount to be included in the individual’s income.

e. Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Distributions The ANCSA distribution amounts paid to each shareholder in the family in the calendar year (January 1st through December 31st) is to be evaluated to determine the amount, if any, to be included in the family’s monthly countable income. When a shareholder in the family receives an ANCSA distribution, verification of the amount each shareholder in the family received from January 1st through the date their application was submitted to the Designee is needed.

The first (1st) $2,000.00 each shareholder in the family received between January 1st and the date their application was received is to be excluded. The amount each shareholder in the family received over $2000.00 is divided by the number of months from January through the month of application to obtain the monthly average to be included in the family’s countable income. For example: a family’s application is received in the month of July with one (1) member receiving ANCSA. The family member has received $5000.00 since January 1st. The first (1st) $2000.00 is excluded leaving $3000.00 to be divided over seven (7) months (January through July). (3000 divided by 7.