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INCOME

LIF DISREGARDS

EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT PAYMENTS;

FEDERAL ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT, TITLE III - Any loan made to a family under Title III of the Federal Economic Opportunity Act;

FEDERAL ENERGY ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS

FEDERAL OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF 1965 - Any assistance (other than wages or salaries) to an individual under the Federal Older American Act of 1965. Green Thumb assistance is countable if wages or salaries; other Green Thumb assistance is disregarded.

FEDERAL RELOCATION ASSISTANCE - Any payment received under Title II of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970.

FOSTER PARENT PAYMENTS - Payments received for a child boarded out in the home of a recipient by an agency or a relative of the child.

FOOD STAMPS - The value of food stamps.

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 that is deducted by mandate to help fund the GI Bill.

HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD) COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 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.

(MRG)