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INCOME TYPE DESCRIPTION

Division of Welfare and Supportive Services E-30015 Medical Assistance Manual TYPES OF EARNED AND UNEARNED INCOME 17 Sep 01 MTL 05/17 EARNINGS (workshop)

1. Earned

2. Counted in Financial

3. Counted in Patient Liability

4. Taxable Wages from workshops or work activity centers such as WARC, ALPHA Industries, FAST, Opportunity Village and NAAH.

Verification: (not all inclusive)

- Copy of check - Statement from employer, Form 2074 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE

1. Earned/Unearned

2. Excluded in Financial (Conditional)

3. Excluded in Patient Liability (Conditional)

4. Non-Taxable (Conditional)

Educational assistance is provided in many forms i.e., Scholarships, Fellowships, Need-Based Education Grants (Pell Grant and Qualified Tuition Reductions). Student Loans are not included in educational assistance. (See income type “LOANS”).

For Medicaid budgeting, treatment will vary depending on the source and use of the assistance.

Educational assistance from the following sources are exempt for all medical programs: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Title IV Assistance (Work-study, Pell grant), AmeriCorps State and National, AmeriCorps NCCC, and Nevada’s Millennium Scholarship.

VA Educational benefits are non-taxable and exempt in MAGI budgeting.

Other non-exempt educational assistance used for educational expenses are excluded from income. Educational expenses include tuition, books, lab fees, student fees, supplies and equipment.

Any non-exempt assistance remaining after deducting the allowable educational expenses or which is used only for daily living expenses can be counted as income.

NOTE: Deduct allowable educational expenses from the total of all remaining non-exempt educational assistance received by the individual.

Expenses that DO NOT qualify include: room and board, travel, research, clerical help or equipment not required for enrollment or class attendance.