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Title 5: Centrally Administered Programs Page 50 Iowa Department of Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter E: Healthy and Well Kids in Iowa (hawk-i) Types of Income Revised July 3, 2009 Disaster and Emergency Assistance

♦ Disaster and emergency assistance under the 1988 Amendments to the Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act of 1974, and comparable assistance provided by states, local governments, and disaster assistance organizations.

Exempt vendor payments made under Iowa’s Emergency Assistance program. The source of the payments must be verified before exempting them. Dislocated Worker Project Payments 441 IAC 86.2(2)“a”(1), 86.2“b”(35) Count earnings received by a parent from the Dislocated Worker Project, under Title III of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and amended by Public Law 97-100 as earned income. The policies under Student Earnings are applied when a full- time student under age 19 receives JTPA earnings. Diversion Programs 441 IAC 86.2“b”(41) Exempt financial assistance from the diversion programs operated in certain areas of the state, including cash payments to the family.

The diversion programs provide immediate, short-term financial assistance or services to enable families to become or remain self-sufficient by removing barriers to obtaining or retaining employment. The programs are intended to:

♦ Help families to avoid the need for ongoing FIP assistance.

♦ Allow FIP participants to leave the program sooner.

♦ Help families leaving FIP stabilize their employment status and reduce the likelihood of returning to FIP.

Participation in the diversion programs is voluntary. The programs are designed to divert families only from cash assistance under FIP. They are not designed to divert families from other types of benefits, such as Medicaid, Food Assistance, or hawk-i.