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Title 5: Centrally Administered Programs Page 46 Iowa Department of Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter E: Healthy and Well Kids in Iowa (hawk-i) Types of Income Revised July 3, 2009 Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Payments Types of Income This section contains information about various types of income and how they are handled in the hawk-i eligibility determination process.

Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Payments 441 IAC 86.2(2)“b”(36) Exempt income payment from state-funded-adolescent pregnancy prevention programs, such as the “Dollar-A-Day” program. These programs focus on preventing subsequent pregnancies for mothers who are 18 or younger by providing a monetary incentive. The participants are required to attend weekly support meetings. As long as the mother attends the weekly sessions and does not become pregnant, she receives an incentive payment. Adoption Subsidy 441 IAC 86.2(2)“a”(2) Count adoption subsidy payments as unearned income of the child for whom the subsidy is received. (Most children receiving adoption subsidies are eligible for Medicaid.)

If the adopted child is voluntarily excluded from the hawk-i family size, the subsidy is not counted in determining eligibility of other children in the family.

If the adopted child is included in the hawk-i family size, the subsidy is counted as unearned income in the eligibility determination. If the adopted child is not eligible for Medicaid and the family, including the adopted child, meets all hawk-i eligibility criteria, hawk-i eligibility can be granted to the child. Alimony 441 IAC 86.2(2)“a”(2)

Count alimony payments received by a parent as unearned income.