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MEDICAL SERVICES – APPENDIX N, FAMILY MEDICALLY NEEDY RESOURCE AND INCOME LEVELS 02-24-16 Page 13 of 19 a. Disabled Widows or Widowers who would be eligible for SSI if the 1984 Reduction Factor Increase and any subsequent COLAS were disregarded (MS B-343) (Categories 11, 31, and 41). b. Disabled Widows or Widowers over age 60 (Categories 31 and 41) (MS B-344). c. Lynch Rank Eligibles (Categories 11, 31 or 41) (MS B-342). d. Disabled Widows, Widowers, and Disabled Surviving Divorced Spouses (Categories 31 or 41) (MS B-345). e. Disabled Adult Children (Categories 31 or 41) (MS B-346). 4. Assistance, including educational assistance, from other agencies and organizations to the extent that such payments are not intended to cover food, clothing or shelter with the exception of funds intended for special clothing needed for educational purposes. EXAMPLES INCLUDE: • Basic Education Opportunity Grant (BEOG or PELL) • Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (SEOG) • College Work Study • Supplemental State Income Grant (SSIG) 5. SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits. 6. The value of U.S. Department of Agriculture Donated Foods. 7. Items of food produced and consumed by the applicant or other persons in the household. 8. Payments for supporting services or reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses made to individual volunteers serving as foster grandparents, senior health aides, or senior companions and to persons serving in the Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) and Active Corps of Executives (ACE) and any other programs under Titles II and III, pursuant to Section 418 of Public Law 93-113. 9. Payments to VISTA volunteers under Title I of Public Law 93-113, pursuant to Section 404 (g) of Public Law 93-113. 10. The value of supplemental SNAP assistance received under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, as amended, and the special food service program for children under the National School Lunch Act, as amended. (P. L. 92-443 and P. L. 93-150) 11. Payments made directly to landlords and other vendors. 12. Small cash gifts of $30 or less per person made for a specific occasion (e.g., birthday, Christmas, graduation, etc.). 13. Federal tax refunds or advance payments. Earned Income Credit (EIC) payments are totally disregarded as income or resources. 14. The first $50 of the total child support paid directly to the assistance unit and/or collected by the OCSE.