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INCOME TOTALLY DISREGARDED The following types of income are disregarded totally in establishing eligibility and the payment amount for TANF: 1. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA). 2. Any payments distributed per capita or held in trust and any interest and investment income from purchases made with funds pursuant to any judgment of Indian Claims Commission or the Court of Claims in favor of any Indian Tribe. 3. Payments for supportive services or expenses to individual volunteers serving as foster grandparents, senior health aides, or senior companions, and to individuals serving under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973. 4. Any payments to volunteers in VISTA or ACTION. 5. The value of supplemental food assistance received under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 or the National School Lunch Act, as amended. 6. The weekly needs-based payment made to certain trainees under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (WIOA). 7. Payments for supportive services made to participants under the TANF Work Program (TWP). See OTHER TYPES OF UNEARNED INCOME, TANF Work Program later in this chapter for the treatment of income received under the TWP. 8. The tax-exempt portions of payment made pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. 9. Bonus SNAP benefits or surplus commodities received from U.S.D.A and meals furnished through the Nutrition programs for the elderly. 10. Payment received under Title II of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act. 11. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments (recipients are excluded from TANF). 12. All student financial assistance, including loans on which payment is deferred, grants,

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