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Department of Education - Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act 4.14.2 ALL Educational benefits provided under the Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act of 1998 differs from the Perkins loans under Title IV of the Higher Education Act. Exclude all Perkins benefits. Department of Education - Title IV Benefits 4.14.3 ALL Exclude in their entirety. Title IV benefits include: • Basic Education Opportunity Grants (BEOG or PELL Grants) • Presidential Access Scholarships (Super PELL Grants) • Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (SEOG) • State Student Incentives Grants (SSIG) • Stafford Loan (formerly GSL) • Supplemental Loans for Students (formerly ALAS) • PLUS Loans for parents • Bureau of Indian Affairs Grant Program • Perkins Loans (formerly NDSL) • Federal Work Study Funds (not all federal work study comes under Title IV of the Higher Education Act (see Section 4.14.5: Other Educational Benefits in this Chapter) • Upward Bound (TRIO Grants) • Robert E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement • Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program • College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) • High School Equivalency Program (HEP) • National Early Intervention Scholarship and Partnership Program. Other Department of Education Benefits 4.14.4 ALL Exclude in their entirety any other grant or loan that is made or insured by the Department of Education (DOE). ENERGY ASSISTANCE 4.15 ALL Exclude all benefits from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). FOSTER CARE PAYMENTS 4.16 MA 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. TANF Children receiving foster care payments are ineligible for TANF cash assistance. Exclude foster care payments when determining the eligibility of group members. GC Children receiving foster care payments are ineligible for GC. FS 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