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MISSISSIPPI DIVISION OF MEDICAID Eligibility Policy and Procedures Manual CHAPTER 200A – Income: ABD Categories Page |91 Effective Month: July 2025 Supportive services are services such as childcare, transportation, medical care, meals, and other reasonable expenses provided in-kind. Those supportive services (such as medical services, transportation to and from medical treatment, counseling, job placement services) provided in-kind which are medical or social services are not income. Deeming • The rules regarding temporary absence for deeming purposes apply to Job Corps participants who reside in a Job Corps Center or who are away at school. If the participant is a deemor and his dependent is eligible for Medicaid, only one-half of the dependent’s allowance is unearned income to the dependent. 200A.07.45 AMERICORPS AND NATIONAL CIVILIAN COMMUNITY CORPS (NCCC) PAYMENTS The National and Community Service Trust Act established the Corporation for National and Community Services (CNCS). Through CNCS, the federal government administers a number of national and community service programs. It is also the federal agency that administers VISTA and the Service Corps, programs formerly administered by the ACTION agency. NOTE: AmeriCorps State and National, AmeriCorps NCCC and AmeriCorps VISTA (formerly VISTA) are three different programs. AmeriCorps State and National and AmeriCorps NCCC Both of these are national service programs authorized by the National and Community Service Trust Act. • AmeriCorps State and National provides grants to states, Indian tribes, private and public nonprofit organization and Institutes of Higher Education for community service projects such as educational programs, environmental activities and disaster relief. • AmeriCorps NCCC is a residential service program for young adults between the ages of 19 and 24 in which participants provide work teams for a variety of community service projects. Participants in both programs receive a stipend or living allowance generally based on minimum wage requirements. Participants are also eligible to receive an educational award for the cost of college attendance or for outstanding college loans. They may also receive a direct payment in lieu of the educational award as well as other types of assistance.