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When a trust established by a group member is determined to be irrevocable, it is excluded. Irrevocable trusts and any funds in a trust or transferred to a trust are excluded from resources if they are inaccessible to the household. MA Count as unearned income any amount actually distributed to a person from a trust fund. TANF See MA. GC See MA. FS Count as unearned income the income available to the group from a trust fund that is not counted as a resource. "Income available" means income received by the group from the trust fund and dividend income the group has the option of receiving.

UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BENEFITS (UCB) 4.52 ALL UCB benefits are available through the D.C. DOES and comparable agencies in other states. Count the gross benefits amount as unearned income. UTILITY ALLOWANCES RECEIVED THROUGH HOUSING PROGRAMS 4.53 ALL Exclude any utility allowance received through a housing program. VENDOR PAYMENTS 4.54 ALL A vendor payment is a payment directly to a creditor or service provider on behalf of the group. The vendor payment can be made by an agency, organization, or person who is not a member of the participating group. See also Section 4.12: Donations in this Chapter. Count the payment as earned or unearned if it is from income the group is legally entitled to receive; otherwise exclude it. Examples of countable payments include: • TANF rental/vendor payments, • wages withheld and forwarded to a creditor to comply with a garnishment order, and • child support withheld from a group member's income and forwarded directly to the court (the FS program allows a group to deduct child support payments made to individuals outside the group; see Section 6.3: Income Disregards and Deductions in this Part) Examples of excluded payments include: • a rent or mortgage payment by a friend who is not in the group; • payments by a government agency directly to a child care provider; • payments by Medicare, Medicaid, or other health insurer directly to a medical provider (see also Section 4.36: Reimbursements in this Chapter); and • payments made by government programs directly to providers of services or goods. VETERAN'S BENEFITS - NON-EDUCATIONAL 4.55 ALL Current and former U.S. Armed Services personnel and their families receive retirement, disability, survivors, and need-based benefits. Count as unearned income the gross veteran's benefits, excluding the following: