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Chapter: 1800 Income Program: MSSI, SFP 30 1840.0915.03 Status of Volunteers in ACTION (MSSI, SFP) If a volunteer is otherwise eligible without it, ACTION Agency Program compensation is not included when determining eligibility. If a volunteer is a person who is otherwise ineligible but whose income/assets can be deemed to an individual, then:

1. the stipends the person receives are the person's income and available to be deemed; but 2. payments for supportive services or reimbursements for out-of-pocket expenses are not deemed. 1840.0916 Older Americans Act (MSSI, SFP) Under the Older Americans Act, Title V is the Community Service Employment Program. The organizations involved in this program are:

1. Experience Works; 2. National Council on Aging; 3. National Council on Senior Citizens; 4. American Association of Retired Persons; 5. U.S. Forestry Services; 6. National Association of Spanish Speaking Elderly; 7. National Urban League; and 8. National Council on Black Aging.

For MSSI and SFP: Funds received must be included as earned income if the issuing agency considers the funds as wages. Funds must be excluded as unearned income if the issuing agency does not consider the funds as wages. 1840.0917.01 Indian Tribe/Alaskan Native (MSSI, SFP) The following are considered excluded income:

1. Per capita payments by the Blackfeet and Grosventre tribal governments to members, which resulted from judgment funds awarded to the tribes; 2. Per capita payments to members of Indian tribes who are due judgment funds according to either a plan of the Secretary of the Interior, or legislation when a plan either cannot be prepared or is not approved by Congress; 3. Receipts derived from certain trust lands and distributed to members of designated Indian tribes; 4. Per capita payments made to or held in trust for, members of the Grand River Band of Ottawa Indians; and 5. Divided payments on shares or other revenues originating from the Alaska Native Fund and tribal organizations to native Alaskans.

The following are included as income:

1. Payments of funds distributed or held in trust according to public laws enacted before October 19, 1973, unless legally specified otherwise; and 2. Receipts subject to the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 that were distributed prior to October 1975. 1840.0917.02 Indian Tribe/Alaska Native Claims Payments (MSSI, SFP) Distributed funds received by members of Indian tribes as a result of legislation enacted prior to October 19, 1973, are included unless specifically excluded by law. After that date, receipts derived from certain trust lands and subsurface mineral rights conveyed to designated Indian tribes and distributed to tribal members are excluded.