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Iowa LIHEAP Policy and Procedures Manual Appendix C – Income Source Guide

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Dependent Care (some LIHEAP customers may have someone living with them who provides health/supportive services)

_________________ Depreciation for Farm or Business Assets If the caregiver lives with the LIHEAP customer and that is their only residence they will be counted as part of the household and their income will be included.

X

If the caregiver provides documentation that they have their own residence they will not be included as part of the household and income will not be included.

X

If the live-in caregiver is paid solely by the LIHEAP customer and no other money is paid from outside of the household the income of the caregiver will not be counted as income.

X

If the live-in caregiver is paid from a source outside of the residence that amount shall be counted as income.

X

Depreciation is a procedure for allocating the cost of a depreciable asset among the production periods in which the asset is used.

X

Disability Insurance Payments (private) Disability insurance replaces a portion of a persons’ income if illness or injury keeps that person from working.

Long-Term: Count as income Short-Term: Exclude from income

depends

Disability Insurance Policy ( for assets protection such as a loan payment) Both short-term and long-term disability policies have a period that a person must be disabled for before that individual is able to start receiving disability benefits. That period of time is called an elimination period. Disability insurance is also referred to as disability- income insurance.

X

Disaster Assistance

Do not count disaster and emergency assistance payments provided under the Disaster Relief Act of 1974, as amended by Public Law 100-707, the Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Amendments of 1988.

This exemption applies to federal assistance provided to people directly

X