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Green Thumb, National Council on Aging, National Council on Senior Citizens, American Association of Retired Persons, U.S. Forestry Services, National Association of Spanish Speaking Elderly, National Urban League, and the National Council on Black Aging.

For SNAP, Funds received by individuals under the Community Service Employment Program (Title V) are exempt as income.

For CASH, payments other than wages/salaries made under the Older Americans' Act are exempt unearned income. Wages/salaries are earned income. 2845.10.05 GREEN THUMB EARNINGS

For SNAP, Funds received by individuals under the Community Service Employment Program (Title V) are exempt as income. Green Thumb earnings are exempt for SNAP. See Section 2845.10.00.

For TANF, Green Thumb earnings are counted as earned income. 2845.15.00 ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES/ALASKAN NATIVES

The following Section discusses federal law pertaining to Indian tribes and Alaska natives.

P.L. 92-203, section 29, dated 1/2/76, the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and Section 15 of P.L. 100-241, 2/3/88, the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Amendments of 1987: • All compensation (including cash, stock, partnership interest, land, interest in land, and other benefits) received under this Act are excluded from income and resources.

P.L. 93-134, the Judgment Award Authorization Act, as amended by P.L. 97-458, Section 1407, 11/12/83 and P.L. 98-64, 8/2/83, the Per Capita Distribution Act: • P.L. 97-458 required the exclusion of per capita payments under the Indian Judgment Fund Act (judgment awards) of $2000 or less from income and resources. • The exclusion applies to each payment made to each individual. Initial purchases made with exempt payments distributed between 1/1/82 and 1/12/83 are excluded from resources to the extent that excluded funds were used. P.L. 98-64 extended the exclusion to cover per capita payments from funds which are held in trust by the Secretary of Interior (trust fund distributions).

P.L. 93-531, Section 22: • Relocation assistance payments to members of the Navajo and Hopi Tribes are excluded from income and resources.