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MISSISSIPPI DIVISION OF MEDICAID Eligibility Policy and Procedures Manual CHAPTER 200A – Income: ABD Categories Page |87 Effective Month: July 2025 Home energy assistance is any assistance related to meeting the costs of heating or cooling a home. Support and maintenance assistance is in-kind support and maintenance, or cash provided for the purpose of meeting food, clothing and shelter needs. It includes energy assistance. Home energy or support and maintenance assistance is not counted as income if it is certified in writing by the appropriate state agency to be both based on need and: • Provided in-kind by a private nonprofit agency (501(c) organization); or • Provided in cash or in-kind by a supplier of home heating oil or gas, a rate-of- return entity (e.g., a utility company) providing home energy, or a municipal utility providing home energy. 200A.07.37 RELOCATION ASSISTANCE Relocation assistance provided to persons displaced by governmental projects that acquire real property is not income. The following types of reimbursement, allowances and help are provided: • Moving expenses • Reimbursement for losses of tangible property • Expenses of looking for a business or farm • Displacement allowances • Amounts required to replace a dwelling which exceed the agency's acquisition cost for the prior dwelling. • Compensation for increased interest costs and other debt service costs of replacement dwelling (if it is encumbered by a mortgage). • Expenses for closing costs (but not prepaid expenses) on replacement dwelling (if it is encumbered by a mortgage). • Rental expenses for displaced tenants • Amounts for down payments on replacement housing for tenants who decide to buy. • Mortgage insurance through Federal programs with waiver of requirements of age, physical condition, personal characteristics, etc., which borrowers must usually meet. • Direct provision of replacement housing (as a last resort).