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• Foster Grandparents, • Senior Companion, • Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), and • Older American Volunteer Program. Title III programs include Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) and Active Corps of Executives (ACE). MA Exclude payments from all Title I, II, and III programs. TANF See MA. GC See MA. FS Count Title I payments as earnings if the person was not receiving FS, TANF, GC, or SSI (in any jurisdiction) when s/he joined the volunteer program. Deduct from the countable amount any portion that is a reimbursement. Exclude Title II payments. Count Title III payments from SCORE and ACE as earned income.

DONATIONS 4.12 ALL A donation is money received from a private, nonprofit organization based on need as determined by the contributing agency. Exclude non-recurring cash gifts of $600 or less quarterly, not to exceed $600 per household per quarter, and small payments paid to women who receive pre-natal and well- baby care. Count any remainder as unearned income. Donations which are reimbursements may be excludable above the $600 limit (See Section 4.36: Reimbursements in this Chapter.) Example Ms. Allen and her two children receive $379 in TANF benefits each month. The family also receives FS. In September, Ms. Allen's church provided money to needy families to help buy school clothes for the new school year. The family's TANF and FS benefits are just enough for her to pay rent, buy food, and needed personal items. She does not have enough to buy school clothes each September and relies on donations and hand-me-downs from family and neighbors to clothe her children. The church gives her $200 to buy clothes. Since this is under $600, the income is excluded. If Ms. Allen receives other donations within a three month period that includes September, the amount of donations over $600 would be counted as unearned income.

EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT (EITC) 4.13 ALL Exclude EITC payments. They are not considered income (see Section 1.8: Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) in this Part). (Note that an individual's paycheck may reflect both his/her earnings and an advance payment of the EITC. This advance payment must be excluded when determining countable earnings.) EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS 4.14 Department of Education - Bureau of Indian Affairs Benefits 4.14.1 ALL Exclude in their entirety educational benefits from the Department of Education's Bureau of Indian Affairs.