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INCOME

S/CC DISREGARDS

FREE MEALS - The value of free meals, other than school meals, except when more than one meal a day is furnished or when the A/R receives an allowance for meals away from home.

GARDEN PRODUCE OR LIVESTOCK - The value of produce from a garden or livestock when used exclusively by the A/R and members of his/her household.

GI BILL DEDUCTION - That portion of a military person's pay which is deducted by mandate to help fund the GI Bill.

HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD) COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT FUNDS.

INCOME TAX REFUNDS – Any income tax refund or federal advance payment received by an A/R is disregarded in the month received and considered an exempt resource in the following month.

JOB CORPS - Money received by a family based on the enrollment of a child in the Job Corps.

NATIVE AMERICAN PAYMENTS - Seneca Nation Settlement Act payments made by the State and Federal governments, under P.L. 101-503, to the Seneca Nation.

Distribution to Native Americans of funds appropriated in satisfaction of judgments of the Indian Claims Commission or the United States Court of Federal Claims. This includes up to $2,000 per year of income for interests of individual Native Americans in trust or restricted lands, from funds appropriated in satisfaction of the Indian Claims Commission or the United States Court of Federal Claims.

Alaskan Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) distributions - The following distributions from a native corporation formed pursuant to ANCSA are exempt as income or resources:

a. cash, to the extent that it does not, in the aggregate, exceed $2,000 per individual per year;

b. stock;

(MRG)