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INCOME UNEARNED
MILITARY DEPENDENCY ALLOTMENT
Description: Military dependency allotments are payments received by the A/R for support while a legally responsible relative (or sometimes another relative) is on active service with the armed forces. Military dependency allotments are received monthly as a government check.
Policy: Military dependency allotments are countable unearned income.
References: Dept. Reg.
360-4.3
Interpretation: Persons in active military service can make allotments of military pay and allowances to spouses, former spouses, other dependents, and relatives who are not designated legally as dependents. When these allotments are received by an A/R, they are counted as unearned income.
NOTE: Third party insurance benefits are available to dependents of active military personnel (CHAMPUS) and are used for medical expenses before Medicaid is used. (See RESOURCES THIRD PARTY RESOURCES)
When to Verify: (a) When the A/R declares in the application that a military dependency allotment is being received;
(b)When the A/R declares in the application that a spouse…#
(b) When the A/R declares in the application that a spouse and/or parent who is living elsewhere is in the military service;
(c)When the case record indicates that the A/R received…#
(c) When the case record indicates that the A/R received military payments, but does s/he not currently declare that s/he is receiving them.
Verification: (a) Seeing the benefit check;
(b) Seeing correspondence about the allotment;
(c) If the above are not available or cannot readily be obtained, clear through the usual local district procedure.
(MRG)