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Chapter: 1800 Income Program: MSSI, SFP 19 1840.0600 IN-KIND BENEFITS (MSSI, SFP) Non-cash or in-kind benefits are excluded. This includes, but is not limited to:

1. meals, 2. clothing, 3. public housing (HUD), 4. produce from a garden, 5. WIC coupons, and 6. food stamps.

Passages 1840.0601 through 1840.0604 describe policy for in-kind benefits. 1840.0601 In-Kind Benefits - Meals/Food (MSSI, SFP) The following types of in-kind support are excluded:

1. free or reduced price meals and food from government agencies or schools, service facilities and other institutions recognized under a USDA Program, the Older Americans Act or DCF Program; and 2. the value of the food stamps and WIC coupon allotments. 1840.0602 In-Kind Benefits for Disabled Veterans (MSSI, SFP) The clothing allowances for veterans with prosthetic or orthopedic devices are excluded as an in- kind benefit. 1840.0603 Medical and Social Service Programs (MSSI, SFP) Medical and social service program payments or in-kind benefits are excluded. Some examples are:

1. child welfare services provided under Title IV-B of the Social Security Act; 2. Title XX services; 3. services provided under Title III of the Older Americans Act; 4. Title XIX medical assistance (Medicaid); 5. Title XVIII health insurance (Medicare); 6. services provided under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; 7. mental health services; 8. Veterans Administration payments for aid and attendance, unreimbursed medical expenses and housebound allowances; 9. maternal and child health and crippled children's services provided under Title V of the Social Security Act; and 10. payments made to participants of the Consumer Directed Care Project. 1840.0604 In-Kind Income for SSI Direct Assistance (MSSI, SFP) Income in-kind is unearned income for SSI direct assistance, but is not used to determine eligibility for DCF Programs. It is classified either as in-kind support and maintenance (ISM) or "other" in-kind income.

ISM is food or shelter given to an individual. "Other" in-kind income is any non-ISM item not otherwise excluded that can be sold or converted to cash.

In the OSS Program, alternate living arrangements are considered as private non-medical institutions or as non-institutional care situations by SSI.

Individuals in OSS homes are not classified as living in the household of another by SSI; therefore, in-kind income is excluded by SSI.