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Title 5: Centrally Administered Programs Page 52 Iowa Department of Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter E: Healthy and Well Kids in Iowa (hawk-i) Types of Income Revised July 3, 2009 Energy Assistance Support and Maintenance
“Support and maintenance” assistance is assistance designed to meet day-to-day living expenses. This includes home energy assistance to pay for heating or cooling a home.
“Based on need” means that assistance is issued to or on behalf of a person according to income limits at or below 150% of the federal poverty level.
There may be other assistance for home energy costs provided to hawk-i households. When other assistance meets the criteria above, that assistance is also exempt. Family Investment Program Assistance 441 IAC 86.2“b”(40) Exempt any FIP cash assistance received by people in the hawk-i eligible group. Family Self- Sufficiency Grants 441 IAC 86.2“b”(41) Exempt PROMISE JOBS payments through Family Self- Sufficiency Grants. These are intended to help PROMISE JOBS participants with employment-related expenses. Assistance is intended to enable recipients to overcome barriers to employment and become self-sufficient.
While the payments are not PROMISE JOBS expense allowance payments, they are considered in the same way. They are exempt as income, including when in the form of cash payments made directly to the family. Family Support Subsidy 441 IAC 86.2“b”(18) Exempt payments made through the Iowa Family Support Subsidy Program to families with children who have special educational needs due to physical or mental disabilities. The purpose of the program is to reduce the need for out-of- home placements or to facilitate the return of the child from an out-of-home placement. Federal Payments Exempt the following specialized types of federal payments: 441 IAC 86.2“b”(21) ♦ Payments received through the Agent Orange Settlement Fund or any other fund established because of the settlement in the In re Agent Orange product liability litigation, M.D.L. No. 381 (E.D.N.Y.).