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payments as unearned income. If the child is not in the group, exclude all payments.

GRANDPARENTS CAREGIVERS SUBSIDY 4.16a ALL 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, or persons who were grandparents, great- grandparents, great-aunts, or great-uncles of a child before adopting the child. MA Exclude Grandparent subsidies from countable income for both the child and caretaker relative. TANF See MA. FS Count Grandparent subsidies as unearned income. GUARDIANSHIP SUBSIDY 4.16b MA A child whose legal guardian is receiving a guardianship subsidy is categorically eligible for MA and should be his/her own group. 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. GC Children, whose legal guardian receives a guardianship subsidy for the children, are ineligible for GC cash assistance. FS The group may choose to include or exclude a child whose caretaker is a group member who receives a Guardianship Subsidy (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.

HOUSING ASSISTANCE 4.17 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. INCENTIVE PAYMENTS FOR PRENATAL AND WELL-BABY CARE 4.18 ALL Exclude all payments from the Better Babies program. INCOME TAX REFUNDS 4.19 ALL Exclude federal, state, and local income tax refunds, including refunds from the EITC (see Section