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Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program Division 10 Service 415 Program 415 Chapters 05 - 65 North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services

18. Homestead Tax Credit refunds.

19. Property Tax relief.

20. Loans that require repayment. A loan must be verified with a written agreement between the parties executed at the time the loan was agreed upon (This includes reverse mortgage loans).

21. When monies are received and used by a household for the care and maintenance of a non-household member, the portion of the payment that is identified as belonging to the non-household member is excluded.

If the non-household member's portion cannot be identified, the payment is divided equally among the individuals for whom the payment is intended and the exclusion is applied to either the portion or the amount actually used for the non-household member's care, whichever is less. Examples: 1. The out-of-home allowance paid by TANF for children in boarding school or under the Voluntary Placement Program.

2. TANF grant amount for students away at school (the student is not counted as a member of the household either).

3. A parent is receiving court ordered child support of $350 per month for two children (prorated to $175 per child). The parent reports that one of the children went to live with the grandparents. The parent sends $175 of the monthly child support check to the grandparents for the care of the child. Only $175 would be counted as unearned income to the parent and remaining child. The $175 sent to the grandparents is not counted as income to the parent.

If the parent does not send any of the $350 monthly child support to the grandparents, the $350 is counted as unearned income for the parent and remaining child.

If the parent sends $200, only the prorated $175 would be excluded.