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Page 2 of 6 § 10:71-5.3 Income exclusions viii. Payments from Home Energy Assistance (HEA) and the Crisis Intervention Program shall be exempt. ix. Payments received from the Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Projects, Youth Community Conservation and Improvement Projects, and the Youth Employment and Training Programs under the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of 1978 shall be exempt. However, payments from the Adults Conservation Corps under that Act or any other payments under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) of 1973 (with the exception of (a)6iii above) may not be excluded. x. The amount of the annual cost-of-living increase in Social Security benefits for those individuals who became ineligible for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) solely as a result of SSA cost-of- living increases after June 30, 1977 shall be exempt. Individuals eligible for this exemption are entitled to an additional exemption of the dollar amount of all SSA cost-of-living increases subsequent to that increase which created their SSI ineligibility. xi. For certain individuals, the dollar amount of the October 1972, 20 percent cost-of-living increase in Social Security benefits shall be exempt. In order to qualify for this exemption, the individual must have been, for the month of August 1972: (1) Eligible for or receiving cash assistance under Old Age Assistance, AFDC, Aid to the Blind, or Disability Assistance (including persons who were eligible for such assistance but not receiving such assistance because they had not applied for it or because they were residents in medical or intermediate care facilities); and (2) Entitled to a monthly insurance benefit under Title II of the Social Security Act (RSDI). 8. That part of the proceeds of a life insurance policy which is used to pay the last illness and burial expenses of the insured shall be excluded. i. Last illness and burial expenses shall include related hospital, medical, funeral, burial plot, interment expenses, and related costs. 9. Refunds on taxes for food, real property, or income shall be exempt. 10. That portion of a grant, scholarship, or fellowship which is to be used to pay tuition and mandatory fees (as defined by the educational institution) shall be excluded. 11. The value of agricultural produce, if raised for home consumption, shall be excluded. 12. Certain irregular and/or infrequently received income shall be excluded as follows: i. Unearned income which totals $ 60.00 or less per quarter (any consecutive three-month period), and which is received less frequently than twice per quarter or cannot be reasonably anticipated shall be excluded. ii. Earned income which totals $ 30.00 or less per quarter (any consecutive three-month period), and which is received less frequently than twice per quarter or cannot be reasonably anticipated shall be excluded. 13. Monies paid to an individual as compensation for the care of a legally assigned foster child shall be excluded. (This income is not excludable if the child is an eligible individual in his or her own right, or if he or she does not reside in the home of the eligible individual(s).) 14. One-third of the amount received as child support from an absent parent shall be excluded. 15. Income received as compensation for services performed as an employee, or from self- employment, by an unmarried student who is under 22 years of age, shall be excluded to the extent that such income does not exceed $ 1,200 in a calendar quarter and/or $ 1,620 per calendar year. i. A person shall be considered a student if he or she meets the following criteria: