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Title 13: Social Service Resources Page 66 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter G: Child Care Assistance Determining Eligiblity Revised June 14, 2024 CCA Exit Program ▪ Social Security: Include Social Security pensions and survivors benefits ▪ Strike pay: Include strike benefits received from union funds. ▪ Supplemental Security Income: Include federal, state, and local welfare agency payments to low-income people. ▪ Unemployment compensation: Include compensation received from government insurance agencies or private companies during periods of unemployment. ▪ Veterans benefits: Include all monies paid to or on behalf of a family member because of veteran status as income, regardless of the purpose of the payments. Include money paid periodically by Veterans Affairs to disabled members of the armed forces or to survivors of deceased veterans for education and on-the-job training, as well as so-called “refunds” paid to ex-service persons as GI insurance premiums. ▪ Workers compensation: Include compensation received periodically from private insurance companies for injuries incurred at work. The cost of this insurance must have been paid by the employer and not by the person. ▪ Work study. Excluded Income Legal reference: 441 IAC 170.2(1) “Total gross income” equals the amount of countable income minus any excluded income. Use the total gross income amount to determine eligibility for Child Care Assistance (CCA) (see Financial Eligibility) and to determine whether the family will be responsible for paying a portion of the child care costs (see Fee Schedule). Exclude the following types of income from the computation of monthly gross income: ▪ Earnings of a child 14 years of age or under. ▪ Earnings of a child 18 years of age or under who is a full-time student. Assume a child 17 and under is a full-time student unless you have information otherwise. Treat the income of a minor parent in the same way as any other parent. ▪ Payments or earnings received by any youth under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA). ▪ The first $65 and 50% of the remainder of income earned at a sheltered workshop or work activity center. ▪ The income of the parents with whom a teen parent resides if the application is for the teen parent’s child.