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41 | P a g e October 25 • Earnings or allowances paid under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). • All income from Goodwill SCSEP (Senior Community Service Employment Program) is excluded. • Incentive payments or reimbursement of training-related expenses made to the Workforce Investment Act (WIA)Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) participants, (e.g., all Vocational Rehabilitation funding for college is paid through the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and is therefore exempt as income. • Payment for supportive services or reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses made to individual volunteers serving as senior health aids, or senior companions, and to persons serving in service corps of the retired executives and active corps of executives, and any other program under Titles II and III of P.L. 93-113 • Payments from Experience Works or Green Thumb programs funded under Title V of P.L. 101-239 • Payments to individual volunteers under Title I (VISTA) of P.L. 93-113, pursuant to section 404(g) of that law. AmeriCorps NCCC, AmeriCorps*State, and AmeriCorps*VISTA administers several different programs. The funding source must be verified if questionable. AmeriCorps NCCC currently does not administer any programs in Montana. Payments from programs administered by AmeriCorps 'direct' are excluded. Note: Montana Conservation Corp is a program administered by AmeriCorps 'direct' and payments are excluded. • Payments from federal or state crime victim compensation programs • Sale of a primary residence. Earnings from the sale of a primary residence is not included as income if the household is living in the residence at the time of the sale. o The proceeds from the sale of a primary residence are excluded as a resource for twelve (12) months from the date of sale. The date of the sale must be documented. • Any payments or credits received from Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) • A household has gross wages of $500 every two weeks; $140 in taxes and $40 EITC. Since EITC is excluded as income, the wages are prospectively budgeted using $460 ($500 - $40 = $460). • Veterans' Administration education payments if the participant is attending an institution of higher education or training, including amounts spent on expenses not directly related to the individual's school attendance, e.g., GI Bills.