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EAP Policy Manual FFY24 Chapter 3 Program Eligibility Requirements Page 15 • Paid legal guardians caring for adults (note that the guardian may still qualify as a PCA if the guardian is not paid for the guardian services and otherwise meets the PCA requirements above). • Family foster care providers, except as otherwise allowed under the statutes. • Live-in PCAs who own the EAP household’s dwelling. Live-in assistants not meeting all the criteria above are counted as household members, along with their income. Note that some income types may not be countable even if the live-in assistant is considered a household member. See the Income Inclusions and Exclusions table below (or see Appendix 3A). Northstar Care for Children & Foster Care Northstar Care for Children includes Foster Care, Kinship Assistance (formerly known as Relative Custody Assistance), and Adoption Assistance payments. Other foster care programs serving children include programs by non-profit or private organizations. For EAP: • Count the child as a household member. • Do not count Northstar Care for Children or foster care income. • Count RSDI, Veteran’s Benefits, Railroad Retirement Benefits, Black Lung Benefits, and any other countable income the child receives. Adult Foster Care Households may choose to include individuals in adult foster care as household members or not, whichever is the most beneficial: • Count adult foster care payments in household income and include the person(s) in foster care as household members. • Exclude adult foster care payments from household income and exclude the person(s) in foster care as household members. Tribal Per Capita Payments Per the Indian Tribal Judgment Funds Use or Distribution Act (25 U.S.C. §§ 1401 - 1408), up to $2,000 of a tribal distribution or per capita income shall not be considered income if it is the result of interests of individual Indians in trust or restricted lands, tribal judgments or agreements. This applies to per capita payments to members of the Bois Forte and Grand Portage tribes. The first $2,000 of income is not counted for EAP eligibility. For regular payments that are counted, determine the one month income based on frequency of payments during the past 12 months.