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INCOME
LIF DISREGARDS
NOTE: This does not apply to V.A. Educational Grants which are part of the G.I. Bill and which provide a monthly allowance for support while veterans are enrolled in school. Only specific education-related expenses such as tuition, books, school fees, transportation, etc., are exempt for recipients of G.I. Bill educational money. The remainder is considered available unearned income in determining eligibility for Medicaid.
SUPPORT PAYMENTS - The first $100 of current total household support payments, including child support and alimony in any month including support payments collected and paid to the family by the local district.
TRADE READJUSTMENT ALLOWANCE (TRA) - TRA benefits are paid as part of Unemployment Benefits (UIB). When an A/R loses his/her job as the result of import competition, s/he may qualify for a TRA allowance. When an A/R is receiving a TRA allowance, as part of his/her UIB, for transportation and/or books for the purpose of attending training, the TRA benefit is exempt.
U.S. CENSUS - Earnings from census employment.
VIETNAM VETERANS - Agent Orange Settlement Fund – Payments from the Agent Orange Settlement Fund or any other fund established pursuant to the Agent Orange product liability litigation, and payments from court proceedings brought for personal injuries sustained by veterans resulting from exposure to dioxin or phenoxy herbicide in connection with the war in Indochina in the period of January 1, 1962 through May 7, 1975.
Children - Monthly allowances paid to certain Vietnam Veterans’ children with Spina Bifida.
VISTA - Payments received by VISTA volunteers under Part A of Title I of Public Law 93-113 (VISTA) are disregarded as income and resources in determining eligibility and degree of need, provided that all of the VISTA payment is to be counted as income when the Director of the ACTION agency determines that the value of all such payments, adjusted to reflect the number of hours such volunteers are serving, is equivalent to or greater than the minimum wage. (See REFERENCE NEW YORK STATE MINIMUM WAGE)
(MRG)