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Certain individuals (and their surviving spouses and children if the individuals are deceased) who were captured and interned by North Vietnam may receive payments from the Department of Defense. The amount payable for each captured individual is a one-time payment of $40,000. If the individual’s confinement exceeded 20 years, the payment may include an additional $2,000 per year, not to exceed $50,000. Exclude these payments as income.

39. Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund

Payments to individuals who contacted HIV in one of the following ways:

a. A hemophiliac who was treated with anti-hemophilic factor between July 1, 1982, and December 31, 1987; or

b. The spouse or former spouse of the individual described in a. who contracted HIV; or

c. A child of a person described in a. or b. who contracted HIV perinatally from his or her mother as a result of the pregnancy, delivery or breastfeeding.

40. Benefits received under Title VII of the Older Americans Act of 1965.

VII. COUNTABLE EARNED INCOME

A. Definitions

1. Regular employment – Employed on a full-or part-time basis, may be permanent or temporary; includes seasonal work.

2. Self-Employment –Working in a business enterprise or trade controlled by oneself, e.g., produce sales, farming, craft sales, babysitting in one's own home.

3. Wages/salary - Compensation paid regularly for services rendered.

4. Commissions - percentage of money made on sales and given in pay.

5. Adjusted gross income – Self-employment income minus allowable operational expenses. This is the countable amount that is used when budgeting.

6. Tips - Gratuities or sums of money given voluntarily for services rendered.