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• Food Stamp Act of 1977, as amended23

• Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (WIC), as amended24 • National School Lunch Act, as amended25 • Title VII Nutrition Program for the Elderly of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (Meals on Wheels), as amended.26 2835.50.00 RESIDENTIAL LIVING ALLOWANCES Residential Living Allowances provided by the Semi-Independent Living Program, or the Alternative Family Program are exempt. For MED 1 and 4, this disregard does not apply to essential persons. However, the nature of the Semi-Independent Living Program and the Alternative Family Program is such that the applicant/recipient would not have an essential person. 2840.00.00 BENEFIT PROGRAMS The following sections discuss types of benefits payables to individuals and their treatment as unearned income. 2840.05.00 SOCIAL SECURITY INCOME (MED 1, 2, 4) Benefits that are paid by the Social Security Administration (SSA) are unearned income for MED 1, 2, 4 AGs. These types of benefits include Retirement, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (RSDI), special age 72 payments (PROUTY), and black lung benefits. These benefits may be available through the SSA under Title II of the Social Security Act to the covered former wage earner and his dependents or survivors. Black Lung benefits may be available through the United States Department of Labor under Title IV of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 to the former miner and his dependents or survivors. Application for benefits is to be made through the nearest Social Security Administration District Office. Social Security benefits recouped by SSA that are not received by the household are not counted as income. Refer to IHCPPM 2890.10.15 for verification requirements. All Social Security payments to individuals whose disability is based on Drug Addiction and/or Alcoholism (DAA) are required to be paid to a representative payee. Some organizations act as the representative payee but charge a fee for providing payee services.