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The nation’s largest career technical training and education program for low- income young people ages 16 through 24. Established in 1964, Job Corps serves approximately 60,000 young people each year. While enrolled in the program, students receive housing, meals, basic medical care, and biweekly living allowances that are excluded from income eligibility. Refer to www.jobcorps.gov.

• Victims of Nazi Persecution Restitution payments made to individuals because of their status as victims of Nazi persecution shall not be counted as income, per Public Law 103-286 signed August 1, 1994.

• Supportive Services for Employment The value of supportive services received under various employment and training programs is excluded as income. These programs include the Job Training Partnership Act, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, the Senior Community Service Employment Program or similar programs.

Supportive services include payments made on behalf of, or through an individual for transportation, health care, special services and materials for persons living with a disability, child care, meals, temporary shelter, financial counseling, and other reasonable expenses required for participation in the training program and may be provided in kind or through cash assistance.

• Township Trustee Assistance All forms of township trustee assistance are excluded as income for EAP.

6.3 Applicants with Zero Income Households in which any adults declare zero income for any or all of the previous three (3) months are required to complete a Form UIV-2026 – Undocumented Income Statement for each applicable member. Each person aged eighteen (18) or over who is not a full- time student and claims zero income must provide a description of how they met living expenses during that period. If there is no indication how a zero-income household meets basic living expenses, then no EAP assistance should be offered. This is not meant to disqualify a household with no income, but rather to understand how the household survives and if case management services would be appropriate. Applicants with zero income should be given a priority in case management services offered by the LSP under EAP Family Development or other programs. The Undocumented Income Statement is to be completed in its entirety without leaving any blanks. If a line is not applicable it should be marked N/A. LSPs are to make every effort to encourage the client claiming zero income to leave a meaningful comment in every field, unless the LSP determines that it is truly not applicable. LSPs are to document why a particular field was determined not to be applicable.