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18.Exclude payments made to farmers due to a farm emergency resulting from a natural disaster as required by Section 312(d) of the Disaster Relief Act of 1974, as amended by P.L. 100-387.

This Act was additionally amended in 1988 by P.L. 100-707 to expand this exclusion to Federal assistance provided to persons directly affected by a major disaster, and to comparable disaster assistance provided by States, local government, and disaster assistance organizations. Examples of assistance types include, but aren’t limited to: Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) which provides financial assistance to individuals whose employment or self-employment has been lost or interrupted as a direct result of a major disaster and who are not eligible for regular unemployment insurance benefits; financial assistance to individuals or households to rent alternate housing accommodations (such assistance may include the payment of the cost of utilities), financial assistance for the repair of owner-occupied private residences, utilities, and residential infrastructure; financial assistance for replacement of owner-occupied private residences; financial assistance to an individual or household to meet disaster-related medical, dental, and funeral expenses; financial assistance to address personal property, transportation, and other necessary expenses or serious needs.

19.Payments received from the Radiation Exposure Compensation Trust Fund as compensation for injuries or death resulting from the exposure to radiation from nuclear testing and uranium mining (P.L. 101-426).

20.Payments/fees withheld by a qualified organization or representative payee from funds received on behalf of a Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Retirement and Survivors Disability Income (RSDI) recipient. The representative payee fee is excluded by federal statute. To qualify to collect a fee as a representative payee, an organization must be a community based nonprofit social service agency that is bonded or licensed in each state. Qualified organizations are determined by the Social Security Administration (SSA).

21.On-the-job training payments received under the Summer Youth Employment and Training Program (SYETP), P.L. 102-367.

22.Payments received by individuals as a result of their status as victims of Nazi persecution (P.L. 103-286).

23.Assistance payments made to children, not providers, under the National School Lunch Act, P.L. 94-105.

24.The value of assistance to individuals under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, P.L. 89-642. This includes the Special Milk Program, the School Breakfast Program, and the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).

25.Payments or compensation paid to any crime victim under the Crime Act of 1984, P.L. 103-322.