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(iv) The person, or couple, received the support and maintenance while living in a residential facility, including a private home, maintained by another person.
(21) Income from the sale of an assistance unit member's blood or plasma.
(22) Cash, including interest earned on the cash, or in-kind replacement received from any source for purposes of repairing or replacing an excluded resource that is lost, damaged, or stolen.
(23) Reparation payments made by the Federal Republic of Germany.
(24) Cash donations based on need from one or more charitable organizations. (25) Interest income accrued to a: (a) Bank account during the period under consideration, such as a checking, savings, or money market account;
(b) Dedicated bank or other financial institution account that is considered an excludable resource because it is unavailable, such as an escrow account for a security deposit; or
(c) Keogh account, individual retirement account (IRA), or other private retirement account that is countable as a resource.
(26) Refund of taxes on income, property, food, or other items already paid. (27) Proceeds of a loan received by an individual as the borrower. (28) Payments received from a trust, if the trust is countable as a resource.
(29) Interest payments received for a mortgage, promissory note, or other loan. (30) All income excluded by federal statute for medical assistance programs. L. Disregards—Aged, Blind, or Disabled. In order to determine countable net income, the following disregards shall be deducted from the countable gross income of an aged, blind, or disabled assistance unit:
(1) A general disregard of $20 per month for a person or a couple.
(2) An earned income disregard of $65 per month plus one-half of the remainder of the earned income of a person or a couple.
(3) A disregard of one-half of the gross income amount for the following types of income: