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MISSISSIPPI [INCOME: EARNED INCOME] Revised 01-01-10

The needs based payment is disregarded completely in computing the TANF grant. 2. On-the-job training receiving salary: When the WIA participant is engaging in on-the-job training, the employer is paying his regular salary. In this instance, disregard the income earned by a dependent child, but treat the wages of a payee over age 18 as any regular earned income. No needs based payments are made in on-the-job training. Job Corps The purpose of Job Corps is to provide intensive programs of education, vocational training, work experience, counseling, and other activities to economically disadvantaged youth between the ages 16 and 22. Any earned income and allowance from Job Corps will be treated as the WIA payments above. National and Community Services Act (AmeriCorps) Allowances and payments to individuals participating in programs administered under the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (NCSA) are generally treated the same as from programs under WIA. AmeriCorps includes a new movement to engage Americans in a year or two of national service in exchange for an education award of $4,725 per year of completed service. NCSA programs are numerous and vary by state. Some of the Mississippi programs include: • AmeriCorps USA - (for participants 17 years and older) • AmeriCorps VISTA - (for participants 18 years and older) • AmeriCorps NCCC - (16 to 24 years of age) • Delta Service Corps America Reads The living allowance (stipend) will be totally disregarded as income for TANF. The earned income of a dependent child must be totally disregarded if the child is a full-time student, or the child is a part-time student who is not employed full-time. Work Experience and Training Programs Operated by the Choctaw Indian Tribe The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians operates a tribal work experience and training program and certain WIA programs in addition to the Native Employment Works (NEW) Program to which tribal TANF recipients are referred. In order to obtain information about a particular client in one of these programs, contact the Tribal Office. The Tribal Office can verify the source of the program funding, therefore determining if the income is to be included or excluded.