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scholarships, fellowships and other non-loan financial aid not used for or set aside for educational expenses is countable. r. Tribal per capita payments from casinos. s. Unemployment Insurance, including Rhode Island Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI) payments. Payments made through insurance programs that provide protection for lost wages as a result of an illness or injury that prevents work are countable unless explicitly prohibited by Federal law. t. VA benefits. Pensions are counted when not related to a disability. Any amounts allocated for a dependent child are not counted, however. 3.4 Factors Considered in the Treatment of Income 3.4.1 Scope and Purpose A. When calculating countable income using the SSI methodology, certain disregards and exclusions apply: some only to earned income, others only to unearned income, and a few apply to both earned and unearned income. The availability of income also affects whether it is counted. This Section focuses on these and any other factors considered in the treatment of income for Medicaid eligibility purposes across populations. The specific Rules for how they apply when determining income eligibility for Community Medicaid are located in Part 05-1 of this Chapter; for Medicaid LTSS, all special provisions that apply are located in Part 50-00-6 of this Title. 3.4.2 Both Earned and Unearned Income Disregards and Exclusions A. The following disregards and exclusions apply to both earned and unearned income: 1. Infrequent/Irregular Income Disregards – Income is considered to be infrequent if received only once during a calendar quarter from a single source. Income is considered to be received irregularly if a person is not expected to receive such income on a routine basis. Treatment of irregular and infrequent income is as follows: a. Disregarded. Amounts less than thirty dollars ($30.00) per calendar quarter of earned income and sixty dollars ($60.00) per calendar quarter of unearned income is disregarded. b. Countable. If the amount of irregular/infrequent income is above the amount allowed to be disregarded, all of the income is countable. c. A “calendar quarter” is defined in Part 1 of this Subchapter.