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INELIGIBLE ALIENS—Those aliens who are not eligible for Medicaid due to the temporary nature of their admission status, the five-year ban, or not meeting Qualified Alien status. INELIGIBLE CHILD—ABD: A dependent child (that is not blind or disabled) of a deemed parent, stepparent, or ineligible spouse, who lives in the same household as the deemed parent, step-parent, or ineligible spouse, and may* be allowed an ineligible child allocation when deeming from the parent to an eligible child or from the ineligible spouse to an eligible spouse. An ineligible child must be under 18 if not attending school, or under 21 if they meet the definition of a student. *An ineligible child allocation cannot be allowed for an ineligible child who is receiving SSI benefits, TANF cash assistance, or BIA General Assistance. ACA/Family: A child (under age 19) who is not eligible for a specific Medicaid category, but who lives in the same household with their sibling/stepsibling who is eligible for that Medicaid category. The child may be an ineligible child for one category, and an eligible child for another. Examples of ineligible children include a child in a paid foster care placement. INELIGIBLE PARENT--An eligible child’s natural or adoptive parent who lives in the same household as the eligible child, but who is not eligible for the specific medical category being opened for the child. INELIGIBLE SPOUSE—The Medicaid applicant’s spouse, who is not eligible for Medicaid based on non-financial criteria (aged, blindness, disability, alien status, etc.). A spouse is not an ineligible spouse simply because s/he is not requesting or applying for Medicaid coverage. INHERITANCE—Property received or anticipated to be received from a relative or other person by legal succession or will. INITIAL ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION—The act of evaluating eligibility factors for each applicant and finding each applicant eligible or ineligible. IN-KIND INCOME— See Vendor Payments. The receipt of goods or services (including vendor payments) instead of money that may be used to provide food or shelter and must be counted in the determination of eligibility. The receipt of good(s) or service(s) instead of money for the activities of an individual must be evaluated to determine a value. This value is considered earned income and must be counted in the determination of eligibility if provided in the form of food or shelter. INMATE OF A PUBLIC INSTITUTION—An individual from the date of actual incarceration in a prison, county, city or tribal jail until permanent release, bail, probation or parole. An individual released from prison or jail due to a medical emergency that would otherwise be incarcerated but for the medical emergency, is considered an inmate of a public institution. INSTITUTION—An establishment that furnishes (in single or multiple facilities) food, shelter and treatment or services to four or more persons who are unrelated to the proprietor. INSURANCE SETTLEMENTS—The money received by a person or persons from a company for damage of property or person. Insurance payments to repair or replace